Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd (AX:CWY), which rose 6.32% or 0.083 points to trade at 1.387 at the close. Nanosonics Ltd (AX:NAN) added 6.19% or 0.195 points to end at 3.345 and Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) was up 5.20% or 0.105 points to 2.125 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CSR Ltd (AX:CSR), which lost 12.19% or 0.630 points to trade at 4.540 in late trade. GWA Group Ltd (AX:GWA) declined 4.00% or 0.130 points to end at 3.120 and Incitec Pivot Ltd (AX:IPL) shed 3.42% or 0.130 points to 3.670.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 623 to 512 and 333 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 3.71% to 11.851.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.56% or 6.85 to $1222.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.48% or 0.22 to hit $46.10 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.16 to trade at $48.89 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.34% to 0.7367, while AUD/JPY rose 0.14% to 83.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 99.30.