Australian shares are up at the close; The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.21% 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, 0.21% added to hit a new all-time high.

The best performers of the session were Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX: ), which rose 8.14% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.47 at the close. Meanwhile, St Barbara Ltd (ASX: ) added 5.26% or 0.02 points to end at 0.30 and Mesoblast Ltd (ASX: ) was up 5.13% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.02 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Inghams Group Ltd (ASX: ), which was down 3.93% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.93 at the close. EML Payments Ltd (ASX: ) declined 3.73% or 0.03 points to 0.65 and IGO Ltd (ASX: ) declined 3.65% or 0.19 points to 5.01 .

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 551 to 543, with 451 ending unchanged.

Shares in Inghams Group Ltd (ASX:) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.93% or 0.12 to 2.93. Shares in EML Payments Ltd (ASX:) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.73% or 0.03 to 0.65.

which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, fell 0.80% to 11.68.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.39%, or 10.15, to $2,624.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for November delivery fell 0.04%, or 0.03, to $71.13 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.08 %, or 0.06, to 74.82 dollars per barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY fell 0.32% to 96.89.

US dollar index futures fell 0.14% to 100.18.