Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Real Estate Investment, Utilities and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which rose 9.62% or 0.08 points to trade at 0.86 at the close. Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) added 5.71% or 0.16 points to end at 2.96 and IGO Ltd (ASX:IGO) was up 4.62% or 0.23 points to 5.21 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX), which lost 3.44% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.81 in late trade. Amotiv Ltd (ASX:AOV) declined 2.56% or 0.26 points to end at 9.90 and Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:TAH) shed 2.54% or 0.02 points to 0.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 640 to 454 and 423 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 9.53% to 14.76.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 4.70 to $2,436.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $73.27 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $76.50 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY rose 2.15% to 96.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 103.04.