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Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Energy and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Washington H Soul Pattinson&Co Ltd (ASX:SOL), which rose 8.46% or 2.58 points to trade at 33.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Zip Co Ltd (ASX:Z1P) added 6.44% or 0.52 points to end at 8.60 and Boral Ltd. (ASX:BLD) was up 4.53% or 0.310 points to 7.160 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:PME), which fell 5.27% or 2.96 points to trade at 53.20 at the close. Flight Centre Ltd (ASX:FLT) declined 3.52% or 0.55 points to end at 15.06 and Invocare Ltd (ASX:IVC) was down 3.11% or 0.36 points to 11.23.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 755 to 609 and 392 ended unchanged.
Shares in Boral Ltd. (ASX:BLD) rose to 3-years highs; up 4.53% or 0.310 to 7.160.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.03% to 11.537.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.33% or 5.85 to $1783.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.48% or 0.35 to hit $73.20 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.44 to trade at $75.25 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7551, while AUD/JPY rose 0.18% to 83.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 91.745.
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