Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Worleyparsons Ltd (AX:WOR), which rose 6.79% or 0.720 points to trade at 11.320 at the close. Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP) added 4.01% or 2.155 points to end at 55.945 and Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) was up 3.45% or 0.110 points to 3.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included St Barbara Ltd (AX:SBM), which lost 6.51% or 0.185 points to trade at 2.655 in late trade. Northern Star Resources Ltd (AX:NST) declined 6.03% or 0.290 points to end at 4.520 and Qantas Airways Ltd (AX:QAN) shed 4.47% or 0.26 points to 5.45.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 641 to 447 and 343 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 6.05% to 13.065.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.21 to $1217.51 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $46.11 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $48.43 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.17% to 0.7744, while AUD/JPY rose 0.24% to 87.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 95.49.