Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Dicksmith Fpo (AX:DSH), which rose 8.61% or 0.065 points to trade at 0.820 at the close. Meanwhile, Alumina Ltd (AX:AWC) added 5.75% or 0.065 points to end at 1.195 and Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (AX:SXL) was up 5.39% or 0.055 points to 1.075 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Echo Entertainment Group Ltd (AX:EGP), which fell 6.25% or 0.320 points to trade at 4.800 at the close. James Hardie Industries PLC (AX:JHX) declined 3.67% or 0.680 points to end at 17.840 and Santos Ltd (AX:STO) was down 3.54% or 0.220 points to 5.990.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 528 to 464 and 131 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.93% to 18.983.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.55% or 6.10 to $1120.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $47.85 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $50.42 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.25% to 0.7204, while AUD/JPY rose 0.24% to 87.21.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 97.35.