Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Materials, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were APA Group (AX:APA), which rose 20.80% or 1.720 points to trade at 9.990 at the close. Meanwhile, Gateway Lifestyle Group (AX:GTY) added 15.03% or 0.275 points to end at 2.105 and Metcash Ltd (AX:MTS) was up 3.33% or 0.090 points to 2.790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bellamys Australia Ltd (AX:BAL), which fell 6.40% or 1.120 points to trade at 16.380 at the close. Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC) declined 5.31% or 0.870 points to end at 15.500 and Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AX:SIG) was down 4.46% or 0.035 points to 0.750.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 732 to 494 and 437 ended unchanged.
Shares in APA Group (AX:APA) rose to all time highs; up 20.80% or 1.720 to 9.990.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 11.42% to 12.175.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1299.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.50% or 0.33 to hit $66.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.21 to trade at $75.67 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.01% to 0.7573, while AUD/JPY rose 0.19% to 83.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.84.