© Reuters. Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.22%
Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the rose 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the were Nuix Ltd (ASX:), which rose 5.00% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:) added 4.88% or 0.04 points to end at 0.86 and Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (ASX:) was up 3.05% or 0.05 points to 1.69 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Appen Ltd (ASX:), which fell 10.19% or 0.11 points to trade at 0.97 at the close. Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:) declined 5.23% or 0.08 points to end at 1.45 and Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:) was down 3.95% or 0.02 points to 0.37.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 569 to 547 and 346 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 7.47% to 11.60.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.07% or 1.55 to $2,164.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.68% or 0.53 to hit $78.09 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.53 to trade at $82.45 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.05% to 97.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 102.53.
