Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Resources, Energy and Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Worleyparsons Ltd (AX:WOR), which rose 4.15% or 0.275 points to trade at 6.905 at the close. Syrah Res F (AX:SYR) added 3.84% or 0.210 points to end at 5.680 and Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) was up 3.56% or 0.040 points to 1.165 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metcash Ltd (AX:MTS), which lost 5.37% or 0.110 points to trade at 1.940 in late trade. CSR Ltd (AX:CSR) declined 5.15% or 0.185 points to end at 3.405 and CYBG PLC (AX:CYB) shed 5.08% or 0.295 points to 5.515.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 520 to 411 and 302 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 3.97% to 17.174.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.01% or 0.15 to $1217.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.94% or 0.46 to hit $48.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.04% or 0.52 to trade at $49.37 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.48% to 0.7269, while AUD/JPY fell 0.17% to 79.94.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 95.75.