Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, Financials and Gold sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Computershare Ltd. (ASX:CPU), which rose 11.24% or 2.24 points to trade at 22.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) added 10.53% or 0.030 points to end at 0.315 and Commonwealth Bank Of Australia (ASX:CBA) was up 5.58% or 5.260 points to 99.560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN), which fell 8.91% or 5.16 points to trade at 52.72 at the close. Bapcor Ltd (ASX:BAP) declined 7.93% or 0.56 points to end at 6.50 and Nanosonics Ltd (ASX:NAN) was down 6.04% or 0.29 points to 4.51.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 855 to 543 and 401 ended unchanged.
Shares in Computershare Ltd. (ASX:CPU) rose to all time highs; gaining 11.24% or 2.24 to 22.17. Shares in Nanosonics Ltd (ASX:NAN) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.04% or 0.29 to 4.51.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 11.23% to 13.907.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.07% or 1.25 to $1826.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.59% or 0.53 to hit $88.83 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.48 to trade at $90.30 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.00% to 0.7146, while AUD/JPY fell 0.05% to 82.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 95.655.