Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Discretionary and A-REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were CSL Ltd (AX:CSL), which rose 5.08% or 7.22 points to trade at 149.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Computershare Ltd. (AX:CPU) added 4.85% or 0.800 points to end at 17.290 and Aveo Group (AX:AOG) was up 3.49% or 0.090 points to 2.670 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fletcher Building Ltd (AX:FBU), which fell 6.85% or 0.490 points to trade at 6.660 at the close. Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP) declined 6.06% or 3.000 points to end at 46.500 and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (AX:PLS) was down 4.02% or 0.035 points to 0.835.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 705 to 492 and 351 ended unchanged.
Shares in Computershare Ltd. (AX:CPU) rose to all time highs; rising 4.85% or 0.800 to 17.290.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.30% to 18.340.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.52% or 6.90 to $1337.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $59.19 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $62.81 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.23% to 0.7876, while AUD/JPY fell 0.33% to 84.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 89.40.