Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Metals & Mining, Materials and Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.85% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL), which rose 14.04% or 0.16 points to trade at 1.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN) added 9.97% or 0.58 points to end at 6.40 and Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:BPT) was up 6.89% or 0.11 points to 1.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Austal Ltd (ASX:ASB), which fell 10.51% or 0.27 points to trade at 2.30 at the close. Cromwell Property Group (ASX:CMW) declined 2.70% or 0.02 points to end at 0.54 and Skycity Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SKC) was down 2.40% or 0.05 points to 2.03.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 657 to 569 and 457 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.97% or 0.58 to 6.40.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.04% to 10.68.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.35% or 6.95 to $1,970.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.24% or 0.19 to hit $79.44 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.17 to trade at $83.08 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY fell 0.50% to 95.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 100.95.