Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Health Care, Energy and Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.54% to hit a new 3-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP), which rose 21.19% or 5.77 points to trade at 33.00 at the close. Genworth Fp (ASX:GMA) added 6.35% or 0.25 points to end at 4.19 and Slater & Gordon Ltd (ASX:SGH) was up 4.87% or 0.350 points to 7.530 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bradken Ltd (ASX:BKN), which lost 12.65% or 0.310 points to trade at 2.140 in late trade. CSL Ltd (ASX:CSL) declined 7.83% or 7.05 points to end at 82.95 and OZ Minerals Ltd (ASX:OZL) shed 7.35% or 0.300 points to 3.780.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 287 to 279 and 45 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.92% to 16.452.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.50% or 6.20 to $1238.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 1.06% or 0.53 to hit $50.55 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.34 to trade at $57.78 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.08% to 0.7776, while AUD/JPY rose 0.18% to 92.98.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 94.88.