Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Gold and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG), which rose 2.93% or 0.040 points to trade at 1.405 at the close. Seven Group Holdings Ltd (AX:SVW) added 2.70% or 0.500 points to end at 19.050 and Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd (AX:CWY) was up 2.40% or 0.040 points to 1.705 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP), which lost 9.92% or 5.340 points to trade at 48.500 in late trade. Bellamys Australia Ltd (AX:BAL) declined 8.88% or 1.255 points to end at 12.875 and Lynas Corporation Ltd (AX:LYC) shed 4.67% or 0.105 points to 2.145.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 627 to 535 and 374 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 4.79% to 13.264.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.50 to $1256.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.45% or 0.33 to hit $73.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.48 to trade at $77.76 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.09% to 0.7378, while AUD/JPY rose 0.06% to 81.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 94.14.