Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Gold, A-REITs and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN), which rose 8.72% or 0.39 points to trade at 4.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) added 6.25% or 0.05 points to end at 0.77 and Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) was up 4.63% or 2.66 points to 60.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Healius Ltd (ASX:HLS), which fell 6.48% or 0.14 points to trade at 2.02 at the close. Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) declined 6.25% or 0.02 points to end at 0.30 and Ramelius Resources Ltd (ASX:RMS) was down 5.63% or 0.10 points to 1.67.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 611 to 563 and 360 ended unchanged.
Shares in Healius Ltd (ASX:HLS) fell to 3-years lows; losing 6.48% or 0.14 to 2.02.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.94% to 14.54.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.13% or 2.50 to $1,983.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.39% or 0.33 to hit $83.41 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.34 to trade at $87.73 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY rose 0.30% to 95.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 106.02.