Title: Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.54%

Oct 14, 2021 03:45AM ET

By: AnalysisWatch

Australia stocks were higher after the nearby on Thursday, as gains in the IT, Gold, and Metals and Mining areas drove shares higher.

At the nearby in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 acquired 0.54%.

The best entertainers of the meeting on the S&P/ASX 200 were Netwealth Group Ltd (ASX: NWL), which rose 15.61% or 2.23 focuses to exchange at 16.52 at the nearby. In the interim, Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX: PRU) added 9.35% or 0.145 focuses to end at 1.695 and Hub24 Ltd (ASX: HUB) was up 8.73% or 2.51 focuses to 31.25 in late exchange.

The most exceedingly awful entertainers of the meeting were Insurance Australia Group Ltd (ASX: IAG), which fell 2.87% or 0.150 focuses to exchange at 5.080 at the nearby. NRW Holdings Ltd (ASX:NWH) declined 2.50% or 0.04 focuses to end at 1.75 and AMP Ltd (ASX:AMP) was down 2.21% or 0.025 focuses to 1.105.

Rising stocks dwarfed declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 917 to 523 and 353 finished unaltered.

Offers in Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX: PRU) rose to 5-year highs; acquiring 9.35% or 0.145 to 1.695.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which estimates the suggested unpredictability of S&P/ASX 200 choices, was down 3.77% to 13.824.

AUD/USD was up 0.29% to 0.7399, while AUD/JPY rose 0.42% to 83.89.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 93.903.