Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.13%

Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the IT , Telecoms Services and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP ), which rose 6.25% or 0.17 points to trade at 2.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:PME ) added 4.01% or 7.20 points to end at 186.63 and APA Group (ASX:APA ) was up 3.11% or 0.23 points to 7.63 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN ), which fell 7.07% or 3.62 points to trade at 47.61 at the close. Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS ) declined 5.33% or 0.16 points to end at 2.84 and Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB ) was down 4.78% or 0.07 points to 1.39.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 523 to 499 and 379 ended unchanged.

Shares in Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.25% or 0.17 to 2.89. Shares in Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:PME ) rose to all time highs; rising 4.01% or 7.20 to 186.63.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.83% to 11.89.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 5.10 to $2,640.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.75% or 0.55 to hit $74.12 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.63 to trade at $77.81 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.14% to 100.14.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 102.33.

Source: Investing.com