Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.60%
Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials , Financials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.60% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Computershare Ltd. (ASX: CPU ), which rose 15.49% or 5.57 points to trade at 41.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Austal Ltd (ASX: ASB ) added 3.47% or 0.13 points to end at 3.88 and SGH Ltd (ASX: SGH ) was up 2.75% or 1.42 points to 53.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amotiv Ltd (ASX: AOV ), which fell 7.06% or 0.75 points to trade at 9.87 at the close. St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM ) declined 7.27% or 0.02 points to end at 0.26 and Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX: PRU ) was down 4.86% or 0.14 points to 2.74.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 595 to 464 and 467 ended unchanged.
Shares in Computershare Ltd. (ASX: CPU ) rose to all time highs; gaining 15.49% or 5.57 to 41.53. Shares in SGH Ltd (ASX: SGH ) rose to all time highs; rising 2.75% or 1.42 to 53.07.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.58% to 10.54.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.70% or 20.51 to $2,912.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.40% or 0.29 to hit $73.03 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.28 to trade at $76.72 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 0.63, while AUD/JPY rose 0.66% to 96.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 107.95.