Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Resources and Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were OZ Minerals Ltd (AX:OZL), which rose 10.79% or 0.795 points to trade at 8.165 at the close. Seven Group Holdings Ltd (AX:SVW) added 10.77% or 1.110 points to end at 11.420 and Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AX:SIG) was up 9.30% or 0.080 points to 0.940 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP), which lost 4.66% or 2.700 points to trade at 55.300 in late trade. Independence Group NL (AX:IGO) declined 3.34% or 0.110 points to end at 3.180 and Aristocrat Leisure Ltd (AX:ALL) shed 3.11% or 0.650 points to 20.260.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 656 to 488 and 353 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.86% to 12.414.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.50% or 6.32 to $1245.78 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.98% or 0.47 to hit $48.36 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.39 to trade at $50.59 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.58% to 0.7890, while AUD/JPY fell 0.57% to 88.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.98.