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Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.50% -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.50%

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

The gained 0.5% to reach a new one-month high at the Sydney close.

They were the top performers at the session Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:) rose 8.27% to 4.06, or 0.31 points at the close. Zip Co Ltd, (ASX 🙂 increased 7.52% to 1.65. Kogan.com Ltd (ASX 🙂 was up 7.40 or 0.39 points at 5.73.

These were the worst performers of the session. Austal Ltd ASX:) fell 11.25 points or 0.22 point to close at 1.77. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX:) declined 7.88% or 2.03 points to end at 23.73 and Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:), was at 1.11 down 5.96% (0.07 points).

The Sydney Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining stocks by 862 to 572, and ended the day unchanged at 393

Shares in Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.88% or 2.03 to 23.73.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 7.85% to 14.61 a new 1-month low.

For April delivery, gold futures fell 0.06% to $1.920.35 per troy-ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 0.81 or 0.74% to reach $110.08/barrel, and the May Brent Oil contract, which rose 1.02 or 0.88% to trade at $116.50/barrel.

The AUD/USD exchange rate was stable at 0.12%, 0.75 and AUD/JPY increased by 0.13% to 90.31.

At 98.54, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.02%.

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