Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Industrials and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.34% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Viva Energy Group Ltd (AX:VEA), which rose 13.77% or 0.27 points to trade at 2.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Bellamys Australia Ltd (AX:BAL) added 5.34% or 0.460 points to end at 9.080 and Bravura Solutions Ltd (AX:BVS) was up 5.16% or 0.220 points to 4.480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were oOh!Media Ltd (AX:OML), which fell 4.55% or 0.170 points to trade at 3.570 at the close. Northern Star Resources Ltd (AX:NST) declined 3.76% or 0.330 points to end at 8.450 and Costa Group Holdings Ltd (AX:CGC) was down 3.71% or 0.200 points to 5.190.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 597 to 510 and 346 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.37% to 12.810.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.08% or 1.05 to $1318.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $53.73 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.06 to trade at $62.04 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 1.17% to 0.7149, while AUD/JPY fell 1.36% to 78.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.860.