Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Gold and Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (AX:APT), which rose 5.25% or 0.840 points to trade at 16.840 at the close. Qube Holdings Ltd (AX:QUB) added 4.65% or 0.120 points to end at 2.700 and Appen Ltd (AX:APX) was up 4.33% or 0.590 points to 14.220 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Australian Pharma Industries Ltd (AX:API), which lost 8.97% or 0.170 points to trade at 1.725 in late trade. Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) declined 5.74% or 0.135 points to end at 2.215 and Iluka Resources Ltd (AX:ILU) shed 3.29% or 0.330 points to 9.690.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 586 to 565 and 370 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 2.67% to 10.871.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1206.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.24% or 0.17 to hit $72.11 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.10 to trade at $81.16 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.18% to 0.7263, while AUD/JPY rose 0.11% to 82.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.77.