Australian shares rise at close of trade; The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.30% Via 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 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the were Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX: ), which rose 10.21% or 0.24 points to trade at 2.59 at the close. Meanwhile, The evolution of mining Ltd (ASX: ) added 7.18% or 0.29 points to end at 4.33 and Regis Resources Ltd (ASX: ) was up 6.96% or 0.13 points to trade at 1.92 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX: ), which fell 7.67% or 0.08 points to trade at 0.93 at the close. Seek Ltd (ASX: ) declined 2.96% or 0.68 points to end at 22.26 and Megaport Ltd (ASX: ) traded down 2.44% or 0.19 points to end at 7.59.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 634 to 438, with 454 ending unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, rose 1.54% to 12.42.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.58 percent, or 15.05, to $2,595.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for October delivery rose 0.57%, or 0.39, to $69.36 a barrel, while the November Brent crude contract rose 0.53% or 0.38, to 72.35 dollars per barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.85% to 94.72.

US dollar index futures fell 0.22% to 101.12.