Stocks in Australia went up after the market closed on Thursday. This was due to gains in the gold, metals & mining, and materials sectors.
At the end of the day in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 went up by 0.96 percent to reach a new 6-month high.
Resolute Mining Ltd. (ASX: RSG), which rose 12.50% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.18 at the end of the day, did the best on the S&P/ASX 200. Appen Ltd (ASX: APX) added 10.86% or 0.29 points to end at 2.96, and Ramelius Resources Ltd (ASX: RMS) went up 10.53% or 0.09 points to 0.94 in late trade.
Next Ltd. (ASX: NXT), which fell 3.85% or 0.38 points to close at $9.49, did the worst of the day’s stocks. Austal Ltd. (ASX: ASB) fell 3.69 percent, or 0.09 points, to finish at $2.35, and Computershare Ltd. (ASX: CPU) fell 3.09 percent, or 0.86 points, to end at $26.98.
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On the Sydney Stock Exchange, there were 795 stocks that went up, 499 that went down, and 366 that stayed the same.
The implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, which is measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX, went up by 0.13% to 12.84.
Gold futures for February delivery went up 1.83%, or 32.15, to $1,792.05 per troy ounce. In another commodity trading, the price of crude oil for delivery in January dropped 0.35%, or $0.28, to $80.27 per barrel, and the price of Brent oil for February dropped 0.36%, or $0.31, to $86.66 per barrel.
AUD/USD stayed the same at 0.68, while AUD/JPY went down by 0.76 to 92.96.
At 105.52, the US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.35%.
