Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 1.42% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Sydney, the lost 1.42% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were Nuix Ltd (ASX:), which rose 6.11% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:) added 4.23% or 1.36 points to end at 33.51 and Appen Ltd (ASX:) was up 3.59% or 0.13 points to 3.75 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:), which fell 7.10% or 0.24 points to trade at 3.14 at the close. Viva Energy Group Ltd (ASX:) declined 7.07% or 0.21 points to end at 2.76 and Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:) was down 5.11% or 0.09 points to 1.67.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 841 to 496 and 378 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 8.85% to 16.52 a new 1-month high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.15% or 2.65 to $1,710.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.16% or 1.01 to hit $85.87 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.96 to trade at $91.87 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.62% to 96.76.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 110.43.