Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Staples and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nufarm Ltd (AX:NUF), which rose 5.64% or 0.470 points to trade at 8.800 at the close. Meanwhile, ALS Ltd (AX:ALQ) added 5.60% or 0.300 points to end at 5.660 and Infigen Energy (AX:IFN) was up 4.69% or 0.038 points to 0.838 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vocus Fpo (AX:VOC), which fell 10.65% or 0.720 points to trade at 6.040 at the close. TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM) declined 7.11% or 0.660 points to end at 8.620 and Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY) was down 6.34% or 0.023 points to 0.333.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 595 to 489 and 332 ended unchanged.
Shares in TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.11% or 0.660 to 8.620.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 2.44% to 15.242.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.35 to $1317.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.91% or 0.84 to hit $44.89 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.46% or 0.67 to trade at $46.55 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7553, while AUD/JPY rose 0.82% to 77.47.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 96.20.