Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S & P / ASX 200 up 0.23% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Sydney, the added 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the were Megaport Ltd (ASX :), which rose 7.32% or 0.45 points to trade at 6.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Pointsbet Holdings Ltd. (ASX 🙂 added 5.37% or 0.13 points to end at 2.55 and Pilbara Minerals Ltd. (ASX 🙂 was up 5.36% or 0.12 points to 2.36 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Woodside Energy Ltd (ASX :), which fell 2.90% or 0.90 points to trade at 30.10 at the close. Viva Energy Group Ltd (ASX 🙂 declined 2.85% or 0.08 points to end at 2.73 and Perenti Global Ltd (ASX 🙂 was down 2.48% or 0.02 points to 0.59.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 670 to 606 and 385 ended unchanged.

Shares in Perenti Global Ltd (ASX 🙂 fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.48% or 0.02 to 0.59.

The, which measures the implied volatility of S & P / ASX 200 options, was down 3.50% to 17.60.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.09% or 1.55 to $ 1,723.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.21% or 1.16 to hit $ 97.00 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 1.23 to trade at $ 100.72 a barrel.

AUD / USD was unchanged 0.15% to 0.68, while AUD / JPY rose 0.35% to 92.80.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 108.19.