Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG), which rose 6.41% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.41 at the close. Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL) added 5.41% or 0.14 points to end at 2.73 and Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) was up 4.64% or 0.13 points to 2.93 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL), which lost 6.07% or 0.40 points to trade at 6.19 in late trade. Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) declined 4.88% or 0.16 points to end at 3.12 and Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB) shed 2.95% or 0.09 points to 2.96.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 539 to 529 and 450 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 up 0.51% to 10.81.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.11% or 2.81 to $2,662.59 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.63% or 0.47 to hit $74.72 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.37 to trade at $77.42 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.62, while AUD/JPY rose 0.03% to 98.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 108.42.