Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Metals & Mining and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Altium Ltd (AX:ALU), which rose 32.75% or 7.150 points to trade at 28.980 at the close. Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC) added 31.71% or 4.960 points to end at 20.600 and TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM) was up 20.19% or 1.270 points to 7.560 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Primary Health Care Ltd (AX:PRY), which lost 10.94% or 0.350 points to trade at 2.850 in late trade. Adelaide Brighton Ltd (AX:ABC) declined 7.28% or 0.490 points to end at 6.240 and Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) shed 5.72% or 0.170 points to 2.800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 687 to 546 and 356 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 up 2.82% to 12.259.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.15% or 1.80 to $1201.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.46% or 0.30 to hit $66.14 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.28 to trade at $72.91 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.20% to 0.7354, while AUD/JPY fell 0.07% to 81.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 95.13.