Investing.com – Australian shares were higher after Friday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the price rose 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the were St Barbara Ltd (ASX:), which rose 10.00% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:) added 4.78% or 0.15 points to end at 3.29 and Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (ASX:) rose 4.82% or 0.06 points to 1, 20 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Healius Ltd (ASX:), which fell 16.04% or 0.26 points to close at 1.34. Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:) fell 11.80% or 0.21 points to end at 1.57 and Grain Corp Ltd (ASX:) fell 5.12% or 0.44 points to 8.15.
Rising shares outpaced falling shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 567 to 520, with 460 ending unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, fell 0.81% to 10.62.
December gold futures fell 0.14%, or 3.55, to $2,569.35 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for December delivery fell 0.95% or 0.65 to $68.05 per barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.69 to $71.87 per barrel. barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY rose 0.20% to 101.08.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.12% to 106.72.
