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© Reuters. The Australian stock market closed higher at the close; the S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.90%
Investing.com-The Australian stock market closed higher on Wednesday, with rising sectors leading the stock index higher.
At the close in Sydney, the index rose 0.90%.
The best-performing stock in the session was Challenger Ltd (ASX:), which rose 8.78% (0.480 points) to close at 5.950.At the same time, Zip Co Ltd (ASX:) rose 6.48% or 0.47 points to close at 7.72 and A2 Milk Co., Ltd. (ASX:) rose 5.98% or 0.40 points to 7.09 in late trading.
The worst performance in this session was Nano acoustic wave Ltd (ASX:) fell 4.83% or 0.26 points to close at 5.12. Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:) fell 3.76% or 0.080 points to close at 2.050, and Worley Ltd (ASX:) fell 3.02% or 0.35 points to close at 11.25.
The number of rising stocks on the Sydney Stock Exchange exceeded the number of falling stocks by 731, reaching 602 and 393 remaining unchanged.
The indicator measuring the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options fell 6.31% to 11.286.
Gold futures for August delivery rose 0.63%, or 11.25 U.S. dollars, to 1,805.45 U.S. dollars per troy ounce. In other aspects of commodity trading, crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.06% or $0.78 to $74.15 per barrel, while the September Brent crude oil contract rose 0.82% or $0.61 to $75.14 per barrel.
The AUD/USD rose 0.13% to 0.7507, while the AUD/JPY rose 0.15% to 83.05.
The dollar index futures rose 0.00% to 92.545.
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