Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Lynas Corporation Ltd (ASX:LYC), which rose 15.48% or 0.370 points to trade at 2.760 at the close. Ausdrill Ltd (ASX:ASL) added 2.33% or 0.035 points to end at 1.535 and Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (ASX:DHG) was up 1.82% or 0.060 points to 3.360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Downer Edi Ltd (ASX:DOW), which lost 9.39% or 0.740 points to trade at 7.140 in late trade. Nufarm Ltd (ASX:NUF) declined 5.81% or 0.250 points to end at 4.050 and Smartgroup Corporation Ltd (ASX:SIQ) shed 4.74% or 0.440 points to 8.850.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 732 to 437 and 385 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 3.77% to 14.023.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.48% or 6.15 to $1283.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.15% or 0.68 to hit $58.46 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.86% or 0.59 to trade at $68.08 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.6925, while AUD/JPY fell 0.10% to 75.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.810.