Australian shares fall at the close; The S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.19% by Investing.com

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

At the close in Sydney, it lost 0.19%.

The best performers of the session on the were Champion Iron Ltd (ASX: ), which rose 13.11% or 0.78 points to trade at 6.73 at the close. Meanwhile, Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX: ) added 5.72% or 2.24 points to end at 41.40 and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX: ) was up 4.67% or 0.84 points to 18.84 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Premier Investments Ltd (ASX: ), which fell 9.89% or 3.33 points to trade at 30.34 at the close. Appen Ltd (ASX:) was down 9.20% or 0.19 points to end at 1.83 and Nuix Ltd (ASX:) was down 5.33% or 0.34 points to 6.04.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 557 to 512, with 470 ending unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, rose 2.12% to 11.94.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.19%, or 5.00, to $2,682.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for November delivery fell 0.39%, or 0.28, to $71.28 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.30 % or 0.22, up to 74.25 dollars per barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 0.69, while AUD/JPY fell 0.03% to 98.67.

US dollar index futures fell 0.14% to 100.01.