Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Gold and A-REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pilbara Minerals Ltd (AX:PLS), which rose 10.84% or 0.090 points to trade at 0.920 at the close. Meanwhile, Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY) added 6.38% or 0.210 points to end at 3.500 and Speedcast International Ltd (AX:SDA) was up 6.35% or 0.330 points to 5.530 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd (AX:HVN), which fell 12.45% or 0.570 points to trade at 4.010 at the close. Bega Cheese Ltd (AX:BGA) declined 6.41% or 0.470 points to end at 6.860 and Adelaide Brighton Ltd (AX:ABC) was down 5.87% or 0.410 points to 6.580.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 706 to 535 and 379 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 4.20% to 13.570.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1318.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.56% or 0.35 to hit $62.66 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.30 to trade at $66.22 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7789, while AUD/JPY fell 0.20% to 83.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 90.36.