Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Resources and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP), which rose 8.39% or 6.220 points to trade at 80.330 at the close. Sonic Healthcare Ltd (AX:SHL) added 6.37% or 1.410 points to end at 23.550 and Mesoblast Ltd (AX:MSB) was up 5.65% or 0.085 points to 1.590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Spotless Fp (AX:SPO), which lost 10.53% or 0.120 points to trade at 1.020 in late trade. Qbe Insurance Group Ltd (AX:QBE) declined 8.42% or 0.940 points to end at 10.230 and Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN) shed 5.85% or 0.155 points to 2.495.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 565 to 505 and 336 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 3.30% to 11.964 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.59% or 7.95 to $1348.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.54% or 0.25 to hit $46.33 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.71% or 0.35 to trade at $48.88 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.30% to 0.7672, while AUD/JPY rose 0.36% to 77.47.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 94.95.