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

The gain was 1.17% by the Sydney closing bell.

These were the best performers of the session Champion Iron Ltd (ASX:) rose 6.15 percent or 0.390 to trade at 6.730 by the close. Auckland International Airport Ltd. (ASX) gained 5.37%, or 0.36 points, to close at 7.06. Worley Ltd. (ASX) was also up 4.96%, or 0.56 point to 11.84 late trade.

These were the worst performers of the session. Credit Corp Group Ltd (ASX :), fell 6.34% to 32.65, or 2.21 point at the close. Amcor PLC, ASX:), declined 3.54% (or 0.600 points) to finish at 16.360. Codan Ltd (ASX) fell 3.30%, or 0.31 point to 9.08.

The Sydney Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining stocks by 902 to 529, and ended the day unchanged at 382

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.58% to 17.111.

For April delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.06% to $1802.65 per troy an ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 0.36 or 0.4% in March to reach $88.56/barrel, and April Brent oil, which rose 0.34 or 0.30, to trade at $89.46/barrel.

AUD/USD rose 0.14%, to 0.7136. AUD/JPY declined 0.10%, to 81.66.

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.2% to 96.162.