Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary and A-REITs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were A2 Milk Company Ltd (AX:A2M), which rose 29.74% or 2.590 points to trade at 11.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (AX:CTD) added 13.76% or 2.940 points to end at 24.310 and Seven Group Holdings Ltd (AX:SVW) was up 10.98% or 1.810 points to 18.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC), which fell 23.21% or 3.400 points to trade at 11.250 at the close. Steadfast Group Ltd (AX:SDF) declined 7.06% or 0.190 points to end at 2.500 and Vocus Group Ltd (AX:VOC) was down 6.23% or 0.160 points to 2.410.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 698 to 545 and 349 ended unchanged.
Shares in A2 Milk Company Ltd (AX:A2M) rose to all time highs; rising 29.74% or 2.590 to 11.300. Shares in Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (AX:CTD) rose to all time highs; gaining 13.76% or 2.940 to 24.310. Shares in Seven Group Holdings Ltd (AX:SVW) rose to all time highs; rising 10.98% or 1.810 to 18.300.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.11% to 14.581.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.16% or 2.10 to $1329.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.08% or 0.67 to hit $61.12 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.86% or 0.56 to trade at $64.69 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.41% to 0.7851, while AUD/JPY fell 0.02% to 84.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 89.78.