Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms Services and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 2.07%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Paladin Energy Ltd (ASX:PDN), which rose 12.82% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.220 at the close. Meanwhile, Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC) added 7.92% or 0.080 points to end at 1.090 and Henderson Group PLC (ASX:HGG) was up 6.13% or 0.330 points to 5.710 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:MND), which fell 6.33% or 0.460 points to trade at 6.810 at the close. Flexigroup Ltd (ASX:FXL) declined 5.20% or 0.140 points to end at 2.550 and Village Roadshow Ltd (ASX:VRL) was down 3.27% or 0.240 points to 7.090.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 650 to 346 and 145 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 11.09% to 22.983.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1121.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $45.91 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.17 to trade at $49.69 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.44% to 0.7049, while AUD/JPY rose 1.07% to 84.98.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.39% at 96.22.