Wednesday night, after the market closed, Australian stocks went up because the Metals & Mining, Materials, and Resources sectors all went up.
At the end of the day in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 went up 0.99%.
Champion Iron Ltd (ASX: CIA), which rose 5.29 percent, or 0.37 points, to trade at 7.37 at the end of the session, was the best performer on the S&P/ASX 200, rising 5.29 percent, or 0.37 points, to trade at 7.37 at the end of the session.South32 Ltd (ASX: S32) closed at 4.70, up 5.15 percent or 0.23 points, and Corporate Travel Management Ltd (ASX: CTD) closed at 22.39, up 5.07 percent or 1.08 points.
Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV), which fell 4.63 percent or 0.06 points to trade at $1.24 at the end of the day, did the worst of the day’s stocks. Sims Metal Management Ltd (ASX: SGM) dropped 3.41 percent, or 0.63 points, to 17.85, while AP Eagers Ltd (ASX: APE) fell 3.28 percent, or 0.39 points, to 11.50.
On the Sydney Stock Exchange, there were 879 stocks that went up, 549 that went down, and 385 that stayed the same.
The implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, which is measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX, went down by 3.65% to 16.59.
Gold Futures for June delivery went down 0.25 percent, or $4.58, to $1,814.32 an ounce. In other commodity trading, the price of Crude oil for delivery in July went up 1.42 percent, or $1.56, to $111.19 per barrel, and the price of Brent oil for delivery in July went up 1.09 percent, or $1.22, to $113.15 per barrel.
AUD/USD remained unchanged at 0.70, down 0.23 percent, while AUD/JPY fell 0.33 percent to 90.65.
The US Dollar Index futures were up 0.19 percent at 103.61.