Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Energy, Resources and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Corp Trav F (AX:CTD), which rose 6.51% or 0.850 points to trade at 13.910 at the close. Meanwhile, Mineral Resources Ltd (AX:MIN) added 6.03% or 0.350 points to end at 6.150 and Isentia Group Ltd (AX:ISD) was up 5.74% or 0.190 points to 3.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sai Global Ltd (AX:SAI), which fell 4.48% or 0.165 points to trade at 3.515 at the close. Syrah Res F (AX:SYR) declined 3.43% or 0.130 points to end at 3.660 and Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN) was down 2.90% or 0.045 points to 1.505.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 560 to 392 and 320 ended unchanged.
Shares in Corp Trav F (AX:CTD) rose to all time highs; rising 6.51% or 0.850 to 13.910.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.31% to 18.850 a new 1-month high.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1230.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.48% or 0.89 to hit $36.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 0.62 to trade at $38.49 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.19% to 0.7558, while AUD/JPY rose 0.18% to 83.38.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 94.71.