Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (ASX:LNG), which rose 14.07% or 0.560 points to trade at 4.540 at the close. Senex Energy Ltd (ASX:SXY) added 9.38% or 0.030 points to end at 0.350 and UGL Ltd (ASX:UGL) was up 7.14% or 0.100 points to 1.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included G.U.D. Holdings Ltd (ASX:GUD), which lost 10.32% or 0.910 points to trade at 7.910 in late trade. Tassal Group Ltd (ASX:TGR) declined 6.50% or 0.230 points to end at 3.310 and Sirtex Medical Ltd (ASX:SRX) shed 6.07% or 1.600 points to 24.740.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 556 to 408 and 197 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 1.93% to 13.444.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1193.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.76% or 0.41 to hit $53.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.52 to trade at $60.30 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.41% to 0.7596, while AUD/JPY fell 0.18% to 90.88.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 99.15.