Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Resources and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nanosonics Ltd (ASX:NAN), which rose 12.50% or 0.64 points to trade at 5.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1) added 6.62% or 0.90 points to end at 14.50 and Flight Centre Ltd (ASX:FLT) was up 6.07% or 0.74 points to 12.93 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pendal Group Ltd (ASX:PDL), which fell 7.98% or 0.55 points to trade at 6.34 at the close. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) declined 4.63% or 0.800 points to end at 16.490 and Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC) was down 3.74% or 0.040 points to 1.030.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 736 to 456 and 355 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 7.74% to 21.942.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.99% or 19.00 to $1891.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.27% or 0.10 to hit $37.56 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.01 to trade at $39.70 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 1.13% to 0.7079, while AUD/JPY fell 0.68% to 74.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 94.073.