Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (ASX:LNG), which rose 14.07% or 0.560 points to trade at 4.540 at the close. Meanwhile, Senex Energy Ltd (ASX:SXY) added 9.38% or 0.030 points to end at 0.350 and UGL Ltd (ASX:UGL) was up 7.14% or 0.100 points to 1.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were G.U.D. Holdings Ltd (ASX:GUD), which fell 10.32% or 0.910 points to trade at 7.910 at the close. Tassal Group Ltd (ASX:TGR) declined 6.50% or 0.230 points to end at 3.310 and Sirtex Medical Ltd (ASX:SRX) was down 6.07% or 1.600 points to 24.740.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 556 to 408 and 197 ended unchanged.
Shares in Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (ASX:LNG) rose to all time highs; gaining 14.07% or 0.560 to 4.540. Shares in Tassal Group Ltd (ASX:TGR) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.50% or 0.230 to 3.310.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.93% to 13.444.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1193.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.76% or 0.41 to hit $53.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.52 to trade at $60.30 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.41% to 0.7596, while AUD/JPY fell 0.18% to 90.88.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 99.15.