Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.22%

Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the rose 0.22%.

The best performers of the session on the were Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:), which rose 3.79% or 2.11 points to trade at 57.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Washington H Soul Pattinson&Co Ltd (ASX:) added 3.34% or 1.04 points to end at 32.16 and Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (ASX:) was up 3.09% or 0.67 points to 22.36 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX:), which fell 8.61% or 0.570 points to trade at 6.050 at the close. Codan Ltd (ASX:) declined 4.70% or 0.46 points to end at 9.32 and Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:) was down 4.22% or 0.34 points to 7.71.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 707 to 701 and 371 ended unchanged.

Shares in Codan Ltd (ASX:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.70% or 0.46 to 9.32. Shares in Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.22% or 0.34 to 7.71.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.51% to 14.663.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.49% or 8.55 to $1771.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.09% or 1.39 to hit $67.89 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.00% or 1.39 to trade at $71.06 a barrel.

AUD/USD was down 0.43% to 0.7063, while AUD/JPY fell 0.26% to 80.05.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.275.

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