Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Resources, Metals & Mining and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Sirtex Medical Ltd (AX:SRX), which rose 9.65% or 3.340 points to trade at 37.940 at the close. Meanwhile, Altium Ltd (AX:ALU) added 6.02% or 0.260 points to end at 4.580 and Blackmores Ltd (AX:BKL) was up 5.28% or 7.790 points to 155.450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dicksmith Fpo (AX:DSH), which fell 33.86% or 0.430 points to trade at 0.840 at the close. Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (AX:LNG) declined 6.05% or 0.095 points to end at 1.475 and G.U.D. Holdings Ltd (AX:GUD) was down 5.94% or 0.500 points to 7.920.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 497 to 479 and 147 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dicksmith Fpo (AX:DSH) fell to all time lows; falling 33.86% or 0.430 to 0.840. Shares in Blackmores Ltd (AX:BKL) rose to all time highs; up 5.28% or 7.790 to 155.450.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.18% to 17.969.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.42% or 4.90 to $1170.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.12% or 0.05 to hit $43.25 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $46.82 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.90% to 0.7125, while AUD/JPY fell 0.94% to 85.81.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 97.01.