Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the A-REITs, Financials and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Vocus Fpo (AX:VOC), which rose 9.68% or 0.300 points to trade at 3.400 at the close. Meanwhile, TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM) added 6.91% or 0.380 points to end at 5.880 and Brambles Ltd (AX:BXB) was up 6.15% or 0.590 points to 10.190 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Independence Group NL (AX:IGO), which fell 7.58% or 0.270 points to trade at 3.290 at the close. Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN) declined 4.20% or 0.105 points to end at 2.395 and Syrah Res F (AX:SYR) was down 4.13% or 0.100 points to 2.320.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 655 to 402 and 403 ended unchanged.
Shares in Syrah Res F (AX:SYR) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.13% or 0.100 to 2.320.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.09% to 13.658.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.63% or 8.10 to $1286.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $52.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.14 to trade at $54.75 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.50% to 0.7522, while AUD/JPY fell 0.27% to 81.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 99.53.