Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Metals & Mining, Telecoms Services and Resources sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE), which rose 5.95% or 0.290 points to trade at 5.160 at the close. Whitehaven Coal Ltd (AX:WHC) added 4.90% or 0.180 points to end at 3.850 and oOh!Media Ltd (AX:OML) was up 3.97% or 0.170 points to 4.450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Greencross Ltd (AX:GXL), which lost 1.51% or 0.080 points to trade at 5.210 in late trade. Myer Holdings Ltd (AX:MYR) declined 1.32% or 0.010 points to end at 0.750 and CSR Ltd (AX:CSR) shed 1.05% or 0.050 points to 4.710.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 747 to 420 and 339 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 down 2.48% to 11.619.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 1.98 to $1271.22 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $50.70 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $56.97 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.38% to 0.7766, while AUD/JPY fell 0.26% to 87.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.85.