Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Gold, Consumer Discretionary and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.30% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Origin Energy Ltd (ASX:ORG), which rose 12.70% or 0.89 points to trade at 7.90 at the close. Meanwhile, A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:A2M) added 6.25% or 0.38 points to end at 6.46 and Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) was up 4.34% or 2.42 points to 58.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP), which fell 23.81% or 16.99 points to trade at 54.37 at the close. St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) declined 10.94% or 0.07 points to end at 0.57 and EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) was down 9.38% or 0.06 points to 0.58.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 799 to 468 and 372 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 6.40% to 12.98.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.18% or 3.30 to $1,845.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.65% or 0.50 to hit $75.86 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.44 to trade at $82.61 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY fell 0.52% to 92.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 104.03.