Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Consumer Discretionary and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM), which rose 5.67% or 0.028 points to trade at 0.512 at the close. Meanwhile, Emeco Holdings Ltd (AX:EHL) added 3.72% or 0.068 points to end at 1.883 and Estia Health Ltd (AX:EHE) was up 3.64% or 0.100 points to 2.850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Crown Ltd (AX:CWN), which fell 9.10% or 1.280 points to trade at 12.780 at the close. Independence Group NL (AX:IGO) declined 4.13% or 0.210 points to end at 4.870 and Janus Henderson Group PLC DRC (AX:JHG) was down 4.10% or 1.440 points to 33.720.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 581 to 553 and 383 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.92% to 11.374.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.13% or 1.75 to $1306.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.34% or 0.22 to hit $64.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.20 to trade at $70.81 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.27% to 0.7141, while AUD/JPY rose 0.33% to 79.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.632.