Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Staples and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nufarm Ltd (AX:NUF), which rose 5.64% or 0.470 points to trade at 8.800 at the close. ALS Ltd (AX:ALQ) added 5.60% or 0.300 points to end at 5.660 and Infigen Energy (AX:IFN) was up 4.69% or 0.038 points to 0.838 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vocus Fpo (AX:VOC), which lost 10.65% or 0.720 points to trade at 6.040 in late trade. TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM) declined 7.11% or 0.660 points to end at 8.620 and Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY) shed 6.34% or 0.023 points to 0.333.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 594 to 489 and 333 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 up 2.44% to 15.242.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.55 to $1317.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.88% or 0.83 to hit $44.88 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.44% or 0.66 to trade at $46.54 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.05% to 0.7552, while AUD/JPY rose 0.82% to 77.47.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 96.20.