Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the A-REITs, Telecoms Services and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Technology One Ltd (AX:TNE), which rose 8.19% or 0.330 points to trade at 4.360 at the close. Meanwhile, Mcmillan Shakespeare Ltd (AX:MMS) added 7.56% or 0.940 points to end at 13.370 and Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (AX:LNG) was up 7.36% or 0.085 points to 1.240 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dicksmith Fpo (AX:DSH), which fell 5.67% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.665 at the close. Mesoblast Ltd (AX:MSB) declined 5.38% or 0.085 points to end at 1.495 and Mantra Group Ltd (AX:MTR) was down 3.75% or 0.170 points to 4.360.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 549 to 399 and 139 ended unchanged.
Shares in Technology One Ltd (AX:TNE) rose to all time highs; up 8.19% or 0.330 to 4.360. Shares in Dicksmith Fpo (AX:DSH) fell to all time lows; losing 5.67% or 0.040 to 0.665. Shares in Mesoblast Ltd (AX:MSB) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.38% or 0.085 to 1.495.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.27% to 17.842.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.33% or 3.60 to $1078.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.79% or 0.34 to hit $42.98 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.20 to trade at $46.31 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.23% to 0.7273, while AUD/JPY rose 0.03% to 88.95.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 99.47.