Australia’s stocks were up at the end of the day. The S&P/ASX 200 index was up 0.56 percent.
It was a good day for Australia’s stocks after the close on Tuesday. The energy, metals & mining, and gold sectors all rose.
Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.56 percent to a new three-month high at the end of the day, making it the best it has been in three months.
There were a lot of good things happening on the S&P/ASX 200 this afternoon, but Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd (ASX: CWY) came out on top. At the end of the day, it was up 5.88 percent, or 0.18 points.In late trade, Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX: OBL) and Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT) both rose 4.08 percent, rising 0.14 points to 3.57 and 1.66, respectively.
Most of the time, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX: FPH) didn’t do well. At the end of the day, it was down 2.57 percent, or 0.54 points, to 20.44.Both Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX: RSG) and St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM) fell 2.29 percent, or 0.04 point, to close at 0.38 and 1.50, respectively.
There were more rising stocks on the Sydney Stock Exchange than falling ones, 797 to 671, and 405 ended the day with the same number of shares.
To put it another way, shares in Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd. (ASX: CWY) have gone up more than 5% in the last five years. They went up to 3.24. Shares in Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX: FPH) fell to 52-week lows. At the end of the day, they were down 2.57 percent, or 0.54, to 20.44.
The VIX, which measures the level of risk associated with buying and selling S&P/ASX 200 options, increased 8.03 percent to 12.99.
1.983.35 was the price of one troy ounce of gold futures for June delivery. This is a 0.15 percent decrease, or $3.05.At the same time, crude oil prices fell 0.92% to $106.69 a barrel, and Brent oil prices fell 0.7% to $112.34 a barrel.
If you look at the AUD/USD and the AUD/JPY, they both stayed the same, but the AUD/JPY went up 1.34 percent.
It was up 0.5% at 100.82.
