Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.25%.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Fletcher Building Ltd (AX:FBU), which lost 6.85% or 0.490 points to trade at 6.660 in late trade. 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) shed 4.02% or 0.035 points to 0.835.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 705 to 492 and 351 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.30% to 18.340.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.52% or 6.90 to $1337.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, 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.