Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals & Mining, Industrials and Resources sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.31% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Webjet Ltd (AX:WEB), which rose 9.42% or 0.900 points to trade at 10.450 at the close. Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY) added 6.76% or 0.025 points to end at 0.395 and Estia Health Ltd (AX:EHE) was up 6.64% or 0.190 points to 3.050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (AX:FPH), which lost 6.96% or 0.580 points to trade at 7.750 in late trade. Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (AX:SXL) declined 4.87% or 0.068 points to end at 1.317 and CYBG PLC (AX:CYB) shed 4.09% or 0.200 points to 4.690.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 642 to 415 and 302 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 1.19% to 12.250 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.15 to $1213.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.23% or 0.11 to hit $47.92 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.11 to trade at $49.01 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.42% to 0.7433, while AUD/JPY rose 0.27% to 82.50.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 101.06.