Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were A2 Milk Company Ltd (AX:A2M), which rose 29.74% or 2.590 points to trade at 11.300 at the close. Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (AX:CTD) added 13.76% or 2.940 points to end at 24.310 and Seven Group Holdings Ltd (AX:SVW) was up 10.98% or 1.810 points to 18.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC), which lost 23.21% or 3.400 points to trade at 11.250 in late trade. Steadfast Group Ltd (AX:SDF) declined 7.06% or 0.190 points to end at 2.500 and Vocus Group Ltd (AX:VOC) shed 6.23% or 0.160 points to 2.410.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 698 to 545 and 349 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 3.11% to 14.581.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.16% or 2.10 to $1329.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.08% or 0.67 to hit $61.12 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.86% or 0.56 to trade at $64.69 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.42% to 0.7850, while AUD/JPY fell 0.02% to 84.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 89.77.