Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Metals&Mining and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Eclipx Group Ltd (AX:ECX), which rose 22.81% or 0.130 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Nufarm Ltd (AX:NUF) added 4.77% or 0.220 points to end at 4.830 and Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (AX:NEC) was up 4.06% or 0.07 points to 1.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tassal Group Ltd (AX:TGR), which fell 6.45% or 0.320 points to trade at 4.640 at the close. Alumina Ltd (AX:AWC) declined 4.69% or 0.120 points to end at 2.440 and St Barbara Ltd (AX:SBM) was down 4.26% or 0.150 points to 3.370.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 568 to 535 and 366 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.32% to 12.274.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.03% or 0.35 to $1321.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.15% or 0.09 to hit $60.03 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.15 to trade at $67.58 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.42% to 0.7104, while AUD/JPY fell 0.42% to 78.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 96.400.
