Australia Stock Market Update

Australia's stock market closed higher on Thursday, with gains in the IT, Financials, and Consumer Discretionary sectors leading the rise.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.37%.

Best Performers

• Mesoblast Ltd (ASX: MSB): +17.38% (0.26 points) to 1.79
• Nuix Ltd (ASX: NXL): +10.17% (0.60 points) to 6.50
• Nufarm Ltd (ASX: NUF): +6.01% (0.22 points) to 3.88

Worst Performers

• Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX: RSG): -6.40% (0.03 points) to 0.40
• Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX: DMP): -5.65% (1.71 points) to 28.54
• Ramelius Resources Ltd (ASX: RMS): -4.93% (0.10 points) to 1.93

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange with 581 declines, 462 gains, and 416 unchanged.

Shares of Mesoblast Ltd (ASX: MSB) reached 52-week highs at +17.38%, while shares of Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX: DMP) hit 5-year lows, declining by 5.65%.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, measuring implied volatility, decreased 2.86% to 10.70.

Commodities Trading

• Gold Futures (December delivery): down 0.85% ($22.10) to $2,564.40 per troy ounce
• Crude Oil (December delivery): down 0.58% ($0.40) to $68.03 per barrel
• Brent Oil (January contract): down 0.51% ($0.37) to $71.91 per barrel

AUD/USD remained unchanged at 0.35% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY decreased 0.02% to 100.81.

The US Dollar Index Futures increased 0.26% to 106.65.