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

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<p>Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.</p>
<p>At the close in Sydney, the added 0.48%.</p>
<p>The best performers of the session on the were Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:), which rose 8.37% or 0.42 points to trade at 5.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:) added 7.07% or 3.92 points to end at 59.39 and Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:) was up 6.36% or 1.70 points to 28.45 in late trade.</p>
<p>The worst performers of the session were Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:), which fell 31.05% or 17.79 points to trade at 39.51 at the close. Worley Ltd (ASX:) declined 4.55% or 0.72 points to end at 15.12 and <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name"> Appen Ltd </span></span> (ASX:) was down 4.48% or 0.02 points to 0.32.</p>
<p>Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 8 to 7 and 25 ended unchanged.</p>
<p>Shares in Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 31.05% or 17.79 to 39.51. </p>
<p>The , which measures the implied volatility of S&amp;P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.46% to 10.45.</p>
<p>Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.17% or 3.35 to $2,021.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.71% or 0.55 to hit $76.81 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.49% or 0.40 to trade at $82.03 a barrel.</p>
<p>AUD/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.17% to 97.39.</p>
<p>The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 103.34.</p>
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