Australian shares rise at close of trade; The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.39% by Investing.com

Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, it was up 0.39%.

The best performers of the session on the were Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX: ) which was up 4.12% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX: ) added 3.18% or 0.19 points to end at 6.16 and Charter Hall The Group (ASX: ) was up 2.56% or 0.39 points to trade at 15.62 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX: ), which fell 7.14% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.04 at the close. Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: ) declined 6.20% or 0.16 points to end at 2.42 and Appen Ltd (ASX: ) declined 5.73% or 0.07 points to end at 1.07.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 571 to 510, with 429 ending unchanged.

Shares in Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.20% or 0.16 to 2.42. Shares in Charter Hall Group (ASX:) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.56% or 0.39 to 15.62.

which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, rose 0.87% to 12.73.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.28%, or 7.10, to $2,550.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for October delivery rose 0.39%, or 0.27, to $69.42 a barrel, while the November Brent crude contract rose 0.39% or 0.28, to 72.97 dollars per barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.95% to 95.78.

US dollar index futures fell 0.20% to 100.87.