After Tuesday’s market close, shares in Australia went down because of losses in the telecom services, IT, and consumer staples sectors.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.21% to hit a new 1-month low.
Hub24 Ltd (ASX:HUB), which rose 7.74% or 2.09 points to close at 29.09 on the S&P/ASX 200, performed the best.In late trade, EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) went up 5.79% or 0.04 points to end at 0.64, and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) went up 4.52% or 0.19 points to 4.39.
Ingenia Communities Group (ASX:INA), which fell 13.42% or 0.62 points to $4.00 at the end of the session, did the worst. Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:MND) fell 8.81% or 1.23 points to finish at $12.73, and A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:A2M) fell 6.32% or 0.41 points to $6.08.
On the Sydney Stock Exchange, there were 671 stocks that went down, 544 that went up, and 408 that stayed the same.
The implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX, went down by 5.86% to 12.20.
Gold futures for April delivery went down 0.34 percent, or $6.30, to $1,843.90 an ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for April delivery rose 0.39% or 0.30 to hit $76.85 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.67 to trade at $83.40 a barrel.
AUD/USD stayed the same at 0.69, and AUD/JPY went down by 0.07% to 92.63.
At 104.04, the US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.26 percent.
