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 0.27%.

The best performers of the session on the were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:), which rose 12.14% or 0.09 points to trade at 0.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Nufarm Ltd (ASX:) added 8.86% or 0.48 points to end at 5.90 and Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:) was up 8.11% or 0.02 points to 0.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Appen Ltd (ASX:), which fell 7.75% or 0.22 points to trade at 2.62 at the close. St Barbara Ltd (ASX:) declined 7.09% or 0.05 points to end at 0.59 and Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:) was down 5.62% or 0.15 points to 2.52.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 712 to 590 and 397 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.35% to 15.54.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 1.25 to $1,778.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.84% or 0.73 to hit $86.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.64 to trade at $93.22 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY rose 0.40% to 94.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 106.25.