After the market closed on Wednesday, Australian stocks went up because the Financials, A-REITs, and Consumer Discretionary sectors all did well.
The S&P/ASX 200 went up by 0.04% when trading in Sydney ended.
Bank Of Queensland Ltd. (ASX:BOQ), which rose 11.13 percent or 0.76 points to trade at $7.59 at the end of the session, did the best on the S&P/ASX 200. In late trade, Pointsbet Holdings Ltd. (ASX:PBH) went up 4.57% or 0.09 points to finish at 2.06 and Zip Co. Ltd. (ASX:ZIP) went up 5.79% or 0.04 points to end at 0.64.
Codan Ltd. (ASX:CDA), which fell 4.10 percent or 0.22 points to close at 5.14, was the worst performer of the session. Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV) fell 3.98 percent, or 0.07 points, to end at 1.69, and Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) fell 3.65 percent, or 2.66 points, to 70.12.
On the Sydney Stock Exchange, stocks that went down outnumbered stocks that went up by 766 to 481; 369 stocks stayed the same.
Codan Ltd. (ASX:CDA) shares fell to 52-week lows, dropping 4.10 percent, or 0.22, to 5.14.
The implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX, went down by 1.54% to 19.36.
Gold futures for delivery in December went down by 0.61 percent, or $10.25, to $1,675.75 an ounce. Crude oil for delivery in November dropped 0.21%, or $0.19, to $89.16 per barrel, while the December Brent oil contract went up 0.02%, or $0.02, to $94.31 per barrel.
AUD/USD stayed the same at 0.63, while AUD/JPY went up by 0.13 to 91.57.
At 113.19, the US Dollar Index Futures went up by 0.05%.
