Australia shares greater at shut of commerce; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.36%

Investing.com – Australia shares have been greater after the shut on Friday, as positive factors within the Client Discretionary, Healthcare and Client Staples sectors led shares greater.

On the shut in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.36%.

The most effective performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 have been Premier Investments Ltd (ASX:PMV), which rose 6.59% or 1.77 factors to commerce at 28.62 on the shut. In the meantime, Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:MND) added 5.83% or 0.82 factors to finish at 14.88 and AMP Ltd (ASX:AMP) was up 5.00% or 0.09 factors to 1.78 in late commerce.

The worst performers of the session have been Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN), which fell 15.22% or 0.91 factors to commerce at 5.07 on the shut. Regis Sources Ltd (ASX:RRL) declined 6.23% or 0.20 factors to finish at 3.01 and Westgold Sources Ltd (ASX:WGX) was down 4.73% or 0.13 factors to 2.62.

Rising shares outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Inventory Alternate by 568 to 494 and 466 ended unchanged.

Shares in Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:MND) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.83% or 0.82 to 14.88. Shares in AMP Ltd (ASX:AMP) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 5.00% or 0.09 to 1.78.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 choices, was down 1.99% to 10.20.

Gold Futures for February supply was up 0.65% or 18.09 to $2,783.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities buying and selling, Crude oil for supply in March fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $74.58 a barrel, whereas the March Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.04 to commerce at $78.25 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.49% to 0.63, whereas AUD/JPY rose 0.06% to 98.12.

The US Greenback Index Futures was down 0.23% at 107.62.