Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT, A-REITs and Gold sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Infigen Energy (AX:IFN), which rose 11.76% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.570 at the close. Meanwhile, Worleyparsons Ltd (AX:WOR) added 10.45% or 1.470 points to end at 15.540 and Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) was up 8.71% or 0.155 points to 1.935 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Webjet Ltd (AX:WEB), which fell 6.57% or 0.839 points to trade at 11.930 at the close. Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AX:SIG) declined 3.67% or 0.020 points to end at 0.525 and CYBG PLC (AX:CYB) was down 2.74% or 0.130 points to 4.610.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 629 to 517 and 337 ended unchanged.
Shares in CYBG PLC (AX:CYB) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.74% or 0.130 to 4.610.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 6.01% to 14.748.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 4.00 to $1230.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.56% or 0.35 to hit $61.86 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.13 to trade at $72.00 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.11% to 0.7253, while AUD/JPY fell 0.15% to 82.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 95.84.