Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.81%
Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gold, IT and Energy sectors led shares…
Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gold, IT and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Abacus Property Group (ASX:ABP), which rose 3.61% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Mirvac Group (ASX:MGR) added 3.38% or 0.07 points to end at 2.14 and Janus Henderson Group PLC DRC (ASX:JHG) was up 3.16% or 0.85 points to 27.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Avita Therapeutics Inc (ASX:AVH), which fell 7.20% or 0.540 points to trade at 6.960 at the close. Ramelius Resources Ltd (ASX:RMS) declined 6.48% or 0.140 points to end at 2.020 and Nufarm Ltd (ASX:NUF) was down 6.45% or 0.28 points to 4.06.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 921 to 369 and 302 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.36% to 19.444.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.65% or 12.15 to $1856.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.08% or 0.43 to hit $39.50 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.96% or 0.40 to trade at $41.37 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.54% to 0.7036, while AUD/JPY fell 0.62% to 74.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.495.
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