Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Energy and Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC), which rose 6.69% or 0.680 points to trade at 10.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (AX:CTD) added 6.40% or 1.430 points to end at 23.780 and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (AX:PLS) was up 5.03% or 0.040 points to 0.835 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CYBG PLC (AX:CYB), which fell 5.94% or 0.330 points to trade at 5.230 at the close. Link Administration Holdings Ltd (AX:LNK) declined 4.48% or 0.390 points to end at 8.320 and Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (AX:MYX) was down 2.80% or 0.020 points to 0.695.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 678 to 525 and 383 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 5.56% to 11.917 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.28% or 3.80 to $1345.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.84% or 0.56 to hit $67.08 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.57 to trade at $72.15 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.01% to 0.7769, while AUD/JPY rose 0.36% to 83.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 89.23.
