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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Woodside Energy Ltd (ASX:WDS), which rose 3.74% or 1.18 points to trade at 32.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) added 3.51% or 0.01 points to end at 0.29 and Perenti Global Ltd (ASX:PRN) was up 3.47% or 0.03 points to 0.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nanosonics Ltd (ASX:NAN), which fell 6.43% or 0.33 points to trade at 4.80 at the close. Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) declined 6.32% or 0.24 points to end at 3.56 and Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) was down 6.01% or 4.43 points to 69.31.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 767 to 610 and 377 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.92% to 13.97.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.20% or 3.65 to $1,803.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.11% or 0.10 to hit $94.44 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.29 to trade at $99.89 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 0.71, while AUD/JPY rose 0.49% to 94.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 105.17.