Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP), which rose 9.64% or 4.100 points to trade at 46.620 at the close. Meanwhile, Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN) added 7.38% or 0.110 points to end at 1.600 and Pacific Brands Ltd (AX:PBG) was up 6.92% or 0.045 points to 0.695 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Asciano Ltd (AX:AIO), which fell 7.62% or 0.650 points to trade at 7.880 at the close. Arrium Ltd (AX:ARI) declined 4.76% or 0.005 points to end at 0.100 and Dicksmith Fpo (AX:DSH) was down 4.47% or 0.065 points to 1.390.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 578 to 399 and 131 ended unchanged.
Shares in Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP) rose to all time highs; rising 9.64% or 4.100 to 46.620.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 8.82% to 18.462 a new 1-month low.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.26% or 3.10 to $1182.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.46% or 0.21 to hit $46.42 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $49.70 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.44% to 0.7332, while AUD/JPY rose 0.36% to 87.08.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 93.92.