Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, IT and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (ASX:LNG), which rose 8.97% or 0.350 points to trade at 4.250 at the close. Skilled Group Ltd (ASX:SKE) added 7.12% or 0.110 points to end at 1.655 and Corp Trav F (ASX:CTD) was up 5.03% or 0.530 points to 11.060 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Flight Centre Ltd (ASX:FLT), which lost 8.80% or 3.300 points to trade at 34.210 in late trade. Seven West Media Ltd (ASX:SWM) declined 5.75% or 0.065 points to end at 1.065 and Slater & Gordon Ltd (ASX:SGH) shed 5.55% or 0.360 points to 6.130.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 545 to 520 and 207 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 2.90% to 15.167.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.14% or 1.60 to $1178.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $61.11 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.07 to trade at $64.52 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.07% to 0.7730, while AUD/JPY fell 0.10% to 95.79.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.39.