Australia Stocks Summary

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

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.75%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were:
– James Hardie Industries PLC (ASX:JHX): rose 6.21% or 3.12 points to trade at 53.36 at the close.
– Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1): added 3.46% or 0.28 points to end at 8.38.
– Iluka Resources Ltd (ASX:ILU): up 3.15% or 0.17 points to 5.57 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL): fell 22.03% or 1.67 points to trade at 5.91 at the close.
– Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN): declined 7.06% or 2.66 points to end at 35.00.
– Appen Ltd (ASX:APX): down 6.27% or 0.18 points to 2.69.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 671 to 384, with 389 ending unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, a measure of implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.61% to 11.02.

Commodities

• Gold Futures for December delivery: up 0.21% or 5.60 to $2,611.90 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for December delivery: rose 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $68.23 a barrel.
• Brent oil contract for January: up 0.21% or 0.15 to trade at $72.04 a barrel.

Currency Exchange

• AUD/USD was unchanged at 0.01% to 0.65.
• AUD/JPY rose 0.10% to 101.11.
• US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged at 0.00% at 105.95.