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

The Sydney closing price rose by 0.19%

Kogan.com Ltd. ASX: was among the top performers during the session. It rose by 6.29%, or 0.22 points, to trade at 3.72 at close. Meanwhile, Nanosonics Ltd (ASX 🙂 gained 5.38%, or 0.19 points, to reach 3.72. Polynovo Ltd was up 4.65% (0.05 points) to 1.13 in late trading.

They were also the session’s worst performers Link Administration Holdings Ltd (ASX:), fell 15.09% (0.75 points) to close at 4.22. Healius Ltd. (ASX) fell 4.52%, or 0.19 point to close at 4.01; National Australia Bank Ltd. (ASX) dropped 3.93%, or 1.25 points, to finish at 30.53.

The Sydney Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining stocks by 768 to 676, and ended the day unchanged at 373

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 12.20% to 18.79.

For June delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.44% to $1.849.03 an ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose by 2.15 to reach $101.90/barrel in June. The July Brent oil contract climbed by 2.17 to trade at $104.68/barrel.

While AUD/USD was steady at 0.70, AUD/JPY rose by 0.23% to 90.65

At 103.67, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.2%.