Investing.com – Australian shares were higher after Wednesday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed stocks higher.
At the close in Sydney, the price rose 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:), which rose 6.61% or 0.20 points to trade at 3.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Bluescope Steel Ltd (ASX:) added 5.98% or 1.23 points to end at 21.79 and Appen Ltd (ASX:) rose 5.85% or 0.12 points to 2.17 in late trade.
The session’s worst performers were Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (ASX:), which fell 6.09% or 0.19 points to close at 2.86. IGO Ltd (ASX:) fell 4.85% or 0.26 points to end at 5.10 and Skycity Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:) fell 4.28% or 0.06 points to 1.23.
Rising shares outpaced falling shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 552 to 463, with 418 ending unchanged.
Shares in Zip Co Ltd (ASX:) rose to a 52-week high; gain from 6.61% or 0.20 to 3.15.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, fell 13.50% to 11.82.
December gold futures fell 0.07%, or 2.05, to $2,747.65 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for December delivery fell 1.29% or 0.93 to $71.06 per barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 1.00 to $74.53 per barrel. barrel.
AUD/USD fell 1.29% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY fell 0.14% to 100.52.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 1.25% to 104.61.
