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 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Webjet Ltd (ASX:WEB), which rose 13.48% or 0.57 points to trade at 4.80 at the close. EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) added 8.47% or 0.08 points to end at 0.96 and Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) was up 4.47% or 1.40 points to 32.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP), which lost 2.99% or 0.10 points to trade at 3.25 in late trade. Nufarm Ltd (ASX:NUF) declined 2.78% or 0.11 points to end at 3.84 and Bluescope Steel Ltd (ASX:BSL) shed 2.72% or 0.61 points to 21.82.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 532 to 497 and 432 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 4.09% to 10.81.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.77% or 20.27 to $2,666.57 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $68.81 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $72.38 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY fell 0.59% to 98.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 106.84.