Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Gold, Consumer Staples and A-REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML), which rose 16.39% or 0.69 points to trade at 4.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Lynas Rare Earths Ltd (ASX:LYC) added 13.36% or 0.720 points to end at 6.110 and Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) was up 7.57% or 7.39 points to 105.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:Z1P), which fell 14.01% or 1.95 points to trade at 11.97 at the close. Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) declined 10.04% or 0.47 points to end at 4.21 and Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) was down 9.23% or 2.35 points to 23.11.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 833 to 559 and 329 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lynas Rare Earths Ltd (ASX:LYC) rose to 5-year highs; up 13.36% or 0.720 to 6.110. Shares in Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) rose to all time highs; rising 7.57% or 7.39 to 105.00.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 8.61% to 15.256.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.46% or 8.25 to $1790.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.52% or 0.31 to hit $60.36 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.68% or 0.43 to trade at $63.78 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.10% to 0.7749, while AUD/JPY fell 0.16% to 82.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 90.752.