Australia Shares end notably down

Australian equity market finished session steep down on Wednesday, 22 March 2017, on following the negative lead from Wall Street overnight amid worries that U.S. President Donald Trump will face hurdles in delivering promised tax and healthcare reform. In addition, weak commodity prices weighed on resources stocks. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index surrendered 90.10 points, or 1.56%, to 5,684.50, while the broader All Ordinaries index backtracked 87.50 points, or 1.5%, to 5,732. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 771 to 343 and 324 ended unchanged. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 21.22% to 12.386.

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