Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare and Telecoms Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Navitas Ltd (AX:NVT), which rose 21.84% or 0.950 points to trade at 5.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP) added 5.02% or 2.500 points to end at 52.340 and Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (AX:CTD) was up 3.65% or 1.050 points to 29.840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE), which fell 5.54% or 0.230 points to trade at 3.920 at the close. Lynas Corporation Ltd (AX:LYC) declined 4.27% or 0.075 points to end at 1.680 and Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) was down 3.88% or 0.080 points to 1.980.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 625 to 496 and 367 ended unchanged.
Shares in Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.88% or 0.080 to 1.980.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.30% to 14.204.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.17% or 2.00 to $1193.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.36% or 0.27 to hit $74.69 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.17 to trade at $84.83 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.32% to 0.7126, while AUD/JPY rose 0.37% to 80.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 95.27.
