Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.48%

Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Metals&Mining, Resources and Materials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.48%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN), which rose 7.77% or 0.39 points to trade at 5.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) added 7.08% or 3.93 points to end at 59.40 and Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:RMD) was up 6.50% or 1.74 points to 28.49 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP), which fell 30.51% or 17.48 points to trade at 39.82 at the close. Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) declined 4.48% or 0.02 points to end at 0.32 and Worley Ltd (ASX:WOR) was down 4.36% or 0.69 points to 15.15.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 576 to 558 and 407 ended unchanged.

Shares in Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) fell to 3-years lows; falling 30.51% or 17.48 to 39.82.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.46% to 10.45.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $2,015.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.45% or 0.34 to hit $75.43 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.27 to trade at $80.31 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.18% to 97.15.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 103.14.