Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.20%

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

At the close in Sydney, the gained 0.20% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the were Service Stream Ltd (ASX:), which rose 5.04% or 0.120 points to trade at 2.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Telstra Corporation Ltd. (ASX:) added 4.04% or 0.150 points to end at 3.860 and Nufarm Ltd (ASX:) was up 3.31% or 0.160 points to 5.000 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were G.U.D. Holdings Ltd (ASX:), which fell 5.04% or 0.590 points to trade at 11.110 at the close. Virgin Money UK PLC (ASX:) declined 3.58% or 0.100 points to end at 2.690 and Galaxy Resources Ltd (ASX:) was down 3.57% or 0.035 points to 0.945.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 603 to 502 and 352 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.45% to 11.270.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.14% or 2.05 to $1462.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.55% or 0.32 to hit $57.79 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.28 to trade at $62.73 a barrel.

AUD/USD was down 0.13% to 0.6766, while AUD/JPY fell 0.20% to 74.08.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 98.265.

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