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Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.70% -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.70%

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

The Sydney close saw the stock fall 0.70%.

Virgin Money PLC:, which gained 4.05% (or 0.12 points) to close at 3.08 at closing, were the best performers of the session. Alumina Ltd. (ASX) gained 3.88%, or 0.70 points, to close at 1.875. Whitehaven Coal Ltd. (ASX) saw a 2.58% increase or 0.060 point to 2.390.

These were the worst performers of the session. Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:), fell 7.58%, or 0.56 points, to trade at 6.83 by the close. Polynovo Ltd. (ASX) fell 7.32%, or 0.115 point to close at 1.455 Hub24 Ltd (ASX:) fell 7.25%, or 2.12 points, to 27.12.

On the Sydney Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered those in progress by 935 to 452 and 371 respectively.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 4.14% to 12.637.

For February delivery, gold futures fell 0.25% to $1767.80 per troy an ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which fell by 0.87 or 1.23% to reach $69.86/barrel, and February Brent oil, which fell 0.99% or 0.73 at $72.97/barrel.

AUD/USD was up 0.3% at 0.7125. AUD/JPY was up 0.3% at 81.03.

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.1% at 96.440.

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