Australia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Programmed Maintenance Services Ltd , which rose 8.74% or 0.125 points to trade at 1.555 at the close. Meanwhile, Mesoblast Ltd added 6.11% or 0.140 points to end at 2.430 and Slater & Gordon Ltd was up 5.48% or 0.020 points to 0.385 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Worleyparsons Ltd, which fell 8.94% or 0.530 points to trade at 5.400 at the close. AWE Ltd declined 7.64% or 0.055 points to end at 0.665 and Beach Energy Ltd was down 6.45% or 0.050 points to 0.725.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 483 to 454 and 277 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 5.01% to 17.803.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.48% or 6.10 to $1256.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.60% or 0.22 to hit $36.72 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.26 to trade at $39.91 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.09% to 0.7429, while AUD/JPY fell 0.18% to 83.61.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 97.39.
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