Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the A-REITs, Healthcare and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML), which rose 12.86% or 0.09 points to trade at 0.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Cromwell Property Group (ASX:CMW) added 5.26% or 0.02 points to end at 0.40 and Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1) was up 3.91% or 0.29 points to 7.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM), which fell 36.07% or 0.11 points to trade at 0.20 at the close. Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) declined 4.37% or 0.10 points to end at 2.19 and Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) was down 3.03% or 0.03 points to 0.97.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.51% to 11.23.
Gold Futures for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $2,633.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $70.10 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.90 to trade at $73.22 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 0.62, while AUD/JPY rose 0.12% to 98.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.