Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Materials and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Mcmillan Shakespeare Ltd (ASX:MMS), which rose 17.82% or 2.340 points to trade at 15.470 at the close. Meanwhile, Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) added 11.05% or 3.060 points to end at 30.760 and Carsales.Com Ltd (ASX:CAR) was up 10.90% or 1.530 points to 15.570 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:A2M), which fell 13.19% or 2.110 points to trade at 13.890 at the close. Iluka Resources Ltd (ASX:ILU) declined 10.44% or 0.900 points to end at 7.720 and Nearmap Ltd (ASX:NEA) was down 9.55% or 0.300 points to 2.840.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 661 to 496 and 362 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 4.14% to 16.283.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 5.45 to $1510.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.37% or 0.21 to hit $56.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.35 to trade at $60.38 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.6779, while AUD/JPY rose 0.32% to 72.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 98.123.