Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Telecoms Services and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:PME), which rose 5.52% or 1.560 points to trade at 29.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) added 4.58% or 0.070 points to end at 1.600 and Invocare Ltd (ASX:IVC) was up 4.55% or 0.620 points to 14.240 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Worleyparsons Ltd (ASX:WOR), which fell 4.16% or 0.590 points to trade at 13.580 at the close. A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:A2M) declined 3.82% or 0.500 points to end at 12.600 and Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (ASX:MYX) was down 3.77% or 0.020 points to 0.510.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 607 to 587 and 366 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 2.22% to 12.518.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.27% or 4.15 to $1509.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.24% or 0.14 to hit $59.24 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.39 to trade at $64.94 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.22% to 0.6849, while AUD/JPY fell 0.12% to 74.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 97.845.