Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML), which rose 5.91% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.99 at the close. Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) added 3.29% or 0.08 points to end at 2.36 and Mirvac Group (ASX:MGR) was up 3.08% or 0.06 points to 1.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Qbe Insurance Group Ltd (ASX:QBE), which lost 4.74% or 0.87 points to trade at 17.50 in late trade. Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:BPT) declined 4.58% or 0.07 points to end at 1.46 and St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) shed 4.55% or 0.01 points to 0.21.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 653 to 525 and 468 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 down 0.59% to 10.76.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.14% or 3.30 to $2,343.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $80.62 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.13 to trade at $85.20 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.19% to 105.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.88.