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 gained 0.24%.
The session’s best performers on the exchange were EML Payments Ltd (ASX:), which rose 12.86% or 0.09 points to trade at 0.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Cromwell Property Group (ASX:) added 5.26% or 0.02 points to end at 0.40 and Megaport Ltd (ASX:) rose 3.91% or 0.29 points to 7.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were St Barbara Ltd (ASX:), which fell 36.07% or 0.11 points to close at 0.20. Appen Ltd (ASX:) fell 4.37% or 0.10 points to end at 2.19 and Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:) fell 3.03% or 0.03 points to 0.97.
Falling stocks outnumbered rising stocks 0 to 0 on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, fell 4.51% to 11.23.
Gold futures for February were unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 at $2,633.50 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for February delivery fell 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 per barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.90 to $73.22 per barrel. barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 0.62, while AUD/JPY rose 0.12% to 98.14.
US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.18% at 108.00.