Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Gold, Consumer Discretionary and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Tatts Group Ltd (AX:TTS), which rose 15.88% or 0.570 points to trade at 4.160 at the close. Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) added 9.18% or 0.225 points to end at 2.675 and Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) was up 6.96% or 0.080 points to 1.230 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX), which lost 4.92% or 0.280 points to trade at 5.410 in late trade. Nine Ent Fpo (AX:NEC) declined 4.40% or 0.040 points to end at 0.870 and Crown Ltd (AX:CWN) shed 3.09% or 0.350 points to 10.990.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 650 to 401 and 293 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 5.20% to 13.274.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1262.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.95% or 0.48 to hit $50.77 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.48 to trade at $52.16 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7671, while AUD/JPY rose 0.03% to 79.64.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 97.89.