Investing.com – Australian shares were higher after Tuesday’s close as gains in the , and sectors sent shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the added 0.56% reached a new all-time high.
The session’s best performers on the stock market were Metcash Ltd (ASX:), which rose 7.52% or 0.24 points to trade at 3.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:) added 6.31% or 0.07 points to end at 1.10 and Nuix Ltd (ASX:) rose 5.25% or 0.33 points to 6.61 in the late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Webjet Ltd (ASX:), which fell 3.57% or 0.18 points to trade at 4.86 at the close. Collins Foods Ltd (ASX:) fell 3.36% or 0.29 points to end at 8.33 and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:) fell 3.13% or 0.52 points to 16.07.
Rising shares outpaced falling shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 579 to 517, with 403 ending unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, fell 1.04% to 10.52.
February gold futures rose 0.14%, or 3.61, to $2,662.11 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for January delivery rose 0.10% or 0.07 to $68.17 per barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.13 to $71.96 per barrel. barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.02% at 0.65, while AUD/JPY rose 0.27% to 97.14.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.10% to 106.53.
