Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Energy, Resources and Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Worleyparsons Ltd (AX:WOR), which rose 4.15% or 0.275 points to trade at 6.905 at the close. Meanwhile, Syrah Res F (AX:SYR) added 3.66% or 0.200 points to end at 5.670 and Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) was up 3.56% or 0.040 points to 1.165 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Metcash Ltd (AX:MTS), which fell 5.24% or 0.108 points to trade at 1.942 at the close. CSR Ltd (AX:CSR) declined 5.15% or 0.185 points to end at 3.405 and CYBG PLC (AX:CYB) was down 5.08% or 0.295 points to 5.515.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 522 to 408 and 303 ended unchanged.
Shares in Syrah Res F (AX:SYR) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.66% or 0.200 to 5.670.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.79% to 17.144.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.01% or 0.15 to $1217.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.94% or 0.46 to hit $48.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.53 to trade at $49.36 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.48% to 0.7269, while AUD/JPY fell 0.17% to 79.94.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 95.78.