Australia Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Australia stocks fell after the close on Wednesday, with losses in the Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary, and Healthcare sectors.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined by 0.83%.

Best Performers

• News Corp B DRC (ASX:NWS): +3.27% (1.42 points) closing at 44.87
• Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:PME): +3.01% (5.77 points) closing at 197.40
• Growthpoint Properties Australia (ASX:GOZ): +1.54% (0.04 points) closing at 2.63

Worst Performers

• Woolworths Ltd (ASX:WOW): -6.10% (2.00 points) closing at 30.81
• Ansell Ltd (ASX:ANN): -4.26% (1.35 points) closing at 30.37
• St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM): -4.30% (0.02 points) closing at 0.44

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing stocks on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 626 to 479, with 470 ending unchanged.

Shares in News Corp B DRC and Pro Medicus Ltd reached all-time highs, both rising significantly.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, measuring implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, increased by 12.52% to 13.35, a new one-month high.

Commodities Update

• Gold Futures for December delivery: +0.50% (13.95) at $2,795.05 a troy ounce
• Crude Oil for December delivery: +0.76% (0.51) at $67.72 a barrel
• Brent Oil for January: +0.66% (0.47) at $71.20 a barrel

Forex Update

• AUD/USD: unchanged at 0.65
• AUD/JPY: -0.35% to 100.27

US Dollar Index Futures: -0.02% at 104.18