Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals & Mining, Resources and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Independence Group NL (AX:IGO), which rose 5.65% or 0.240 points to trade at 4.490 at the close. Sandfire Resources NL (AX:SFR) added 5.42% or 0.360 points to end at 7.000 and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG) was up 5.25% or 0.190 points to 3.810 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM), which lost 5.16% or 0.450 points to trade at 8.270 in late trade. Estia Health Ltd (AX:EHE) declined 3.64% or 0.090 points to end at 2.380 and Infigen Energy (AX:IFN) shed 2.61% or 0.015 points to 0.560.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 657 to 509 and 382 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 7.12% to 12.070.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.47% or 5.70 to $1208.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $69.66 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $79.06 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.42% to 0.7248, while AUD/JPY rose 0.36% to 81.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.09.