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 added 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Eclipx Group Ltd (AX:ECX), which rose 10.69% or 0.193 points to trade at 1.992 at the close. Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (AX:TAH) added 7.78% or 0.350 points to end at 4.850 and Lynas Corporation Ltd (AX:LYC) was up 4.40% or 0.095 points to 2.255 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Infigen Energy (AX:IFN), which lost 5.74% or 0.035 points to trade at 0.575 in late trade. Mcmillan Shakespeare Ltd (AX:MMS) declined 4.57% or 0.735 points to end at 15.365 and Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AX:SIG) shed 4.33% or 0.023 points to 0.497.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 593 to 578 and 386 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 0.82% to 11.399 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 3.00 to $1221.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $74.64 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.07% to 0.7426, while AUD/JPY fell 0.02% to 82.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.88.