Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Resources and Metals&Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Eclipx Group Ltd (AX:ECX), which rose 11.67% or 0.105 points to trade at 1.005 at the close. Meanwhile, Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) added 9.26% or 0.100 points to end at 1.180 and Altium Ltd (AX:ALU) was up 4.51% or 1.390 points to 32.210 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Regis Resources Ltd (AX:RRL), which fell 2.12% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.620 at the close. Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (AX:MYX) declined 1.77% or 0.010 points to end at 0.555 and Viva Energy Group Ltd (AX:VEA) was down 1.41% or 0.03 points to 2.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 674 to 444 and 408 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (AX:MYX) fell to 5-year lows; losing 1.77% or 0.010 to 0.555.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 9.02% to 13.409.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.20% or 2.55 to $1293.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.78% or 0.48 to hit $61.30 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.21 to trade at $71.03 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.16% to 0.6930, while AUD/JPY fell 0.07% to 76.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.335.
