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 0.45% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the were Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:), which rose 9.05% or 20.66 points to trade at 249.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:) added 6.40% or 0.07 points to end at 1.08 and Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:) was up 4.43% or 0.02 points to 0.41 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd (ASX:), which fell 2.24% or 0.11 points to trade at 4.79 at the close. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX:) declined 2.08% or 0.72 points to end at 33.85 and Austal Ltd (ASX:) was down 1.56% or 0.05 points to 3.16.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 586 to 473 and 422 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:) rose to all time highs; up 9.05% or 20.66 to 249.07.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.49% to 10.54.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.28% or 7.41 to $2,657.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.23% or 0.16 to hit $68.56 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $72.14 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY rose 0.13% to 98.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 106.16.
