{
  "id": 14378302,
  "title": "Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.64%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/australia-stocks-lower-at-close-of-trade-s-p-asx-200-down-0-64",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-14T05:30:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/australia-stocks-lower-at-close-of-trade-spasx-200-down-064-4948035"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Australia stocks closed lower on Wednesday, the S&P/ASX 200 index shedding 0.64% as losses in Gold, Financials and Metals & Mining sectors pulled down the market. The best performers for the day were Austal Ltd, which climbed 10.93% to trade at 4.16, Zip Co Ltd which rose 4.25% to 2.21, and Objective Corp Ltd which added 3.96% to 5.77. In contrast, Paladin Energy Ltd saw the biggest losses, plummeting 8.59% to 7.34, while Orora Ltd fell 6.32% to 1.30 and Summerset Group Holdings Ltd dropped 4.64% to 5.34. Stocks that fell outnumbered those that gained by a significant margin of 631 to 443, with 377 remaining unchanged. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, a measure of implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, rose 3.45% to 11.07. Gold Futures for December delivery increased 0.07% to $4,180.17 per troy ounce, while Crude oil for November delivery climbed 0.49% to $94.60 and the December Brent oil contract rose 0.52% to $106.24. The Australian Dollar against the US Dollar remained stable, trading unchanged at 0.70, while the Australian Dollar against the Japanese Yen rose 0.26% to 110.85. The US Dollar Index Futures saw a slight decline of 0.06% at 101.91.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}