Investing.com – Australian shares were higher after Wednesday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the price rose 0.01% and reached a new all-time high.
The best artists of the session on the were Austal Ltd (ASX:), which rose 4.43% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.83 at the close. In the meantime, Appen Ltd (ASX:) added 4.04% or 0.07 points to end at 1.68 and Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:) rose 3.08% or 0.02 points to 0.67 in late trade.
The session’s worst performers were EML Payments Ltd (ASX:), which fell 4.08% or 0.03 points to close at 0.71. St Barbara Ltd (ASX:) fell 3.51% or 0.01 points to end at 0.28 and Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:) fell 3.12% or 1.16 points to 36.19.
The number of falling shares outnumbered rising shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 555 to 523, with 415 ending unchanged.
Shares in Austal Ltd (ASX:) rose to a three-year high; increasing by 4.43% or 0.12 to 2.83. Shares in Appen Ltd (ASX:) rose to a 52-week high; increase by 4.04% or 0.07 to 1.68.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, fell 2.35% to 11.81.
December gold futures rose 0.08%, or 2.10, to $2,594.50 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for November delivery fell 0.74% or 0.52 to $69.44 per barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.57 to $73.13 per barrel. barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged by 0.17% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY fell by 0.41% to 95.80.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.03% to 100.54.
