Australian equities jump at close of trade

On Friday, Australian shares added after the close due to the fact profits in the Utilities, Consumer Discretionary as well as Consumer Staples sectors backed shares.

The S&P/ASX 200 soared 0.18% in Sydney, reaching a fresh 3-months maximum.

The winners of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 included such benchmarks as Vocus Group Ltd, Australian Pharma Industries Ltd and Tassal Group Ltd. They managed to leap respectively 6.84%, 3.64% and 3.54%.

Meanwhile, Spark New Zealand Ltd, Orocobre Ltd and Ioof Holdings Ltd happened to be the worst performers of the session. They lost 3.23%, 3.20% and 3.05% respectively.

On the Sydney Stock Exchange sagging equities supplanted ascending shares by 582 to 579, while 360 were intact.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, normally gauging the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, headed south 0.13%, demonstrating an outcome of 11.288.

The currency pair AUD/USD dived 0.41% hitting 0.7847; AUD/JPY added 0.14% being worth 88.78.

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