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Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.38%

Published 08/09/2017, 02:00 AM
Updated 08/09/2017, 02:05 AM
© Reuters.  Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.38%
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Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Gold, IT and Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.38%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Janus Henderson Group PLC (AX:JHG), which rose 5.83% or 2.510 points to trade at 45.590 at the close. Meanwhile, Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN) added 4.84% or 0.105 points to end at 2.275 and Costa Group Holdings Ltd (AX:CGC) was up 4.53% or 0.215 points to 4.965 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (AX:MYX), which fell 7.76% or 0.063 points to trade at 0.743 at the close. Skycity Entertainment Group Ltd (AX:SKC) declined 3.69% or 0.140 points to end at 3.650 and Sirtex Medical Ltd (AX:SRX) was down 3.55% or 0.580 points to 15.740.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 576 to 539 and 366 ended unchanged.

Shares in Janus Henderson Group PLC (AX:JHG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.83% or 2.510 to 45.590. Shares in Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (AX:MYX) fell to 52-week lows; down 7.76% or 0.063 to 0.743.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.70% to 13.687.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.63% or 7.98 to $1270.58 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.37% or 0.18 to hit $48.99 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.24 to trade at $51.90 a barrel.

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AUD/USD was down 0.34% to 0.7886, while AUD/JPY fell 0.65% to 86.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.52.

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