Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.94% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Boral Ltd. (AX:BLD), which rose 6.29% or 0.370 points to trade at 6.250 at the close. Computershare Ltd. (AX:CPU) added 4.78% or 0.620 points to end at 13.580 and Worleyparsons Ltd (AX:WOR) was up 3.99% or 0.390 points to 10.170 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP), which lost 14.34% or 8.970 points to trade at 53.570 in late trade. Primary Health Care Ltd (AX:PRY) declined 12.14% or 0.470 points to end at 3.400 and Ioof Holdings Ltd (AX:IFL) shed 7.60% or 0.700 points to 8.510.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 593 to 529 and 338 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.42% to 12.002.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.12% or 1.45 to $1226.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.64% or 0.34 to hit $52.86 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.31 to trade at $55.66 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.10% to 0.7670, while AUD/JPY rose 0.19% to 87.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 101.23.