Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gold, Consumer Staples and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM), which rose 18.02% or 1.420 points to trade at 9.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Sandfire Resources NL (AX:SFR) added 8.70% or 0.620 points to end at 7.750 and Speedcast International Ltd (AX:SDA) was up 5.92% or 0.235 points to 4.205 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ramsay Health Care Ltd (AX:RHC), which fell 6.57% or 3.820 points to trade at 54.340 at the close. Platinum Asset Management Ltd (AX:PTM) declined 5.32% or 0.305 points to end at 5.425 and Atlas Arteria (AX:ALX) was down 5.25% or 0.370 points to 6.680.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 639 to 624 and 327 ended unchanged.
Shares in TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM) rose to 52-week highs; up 18.02% or 1.420 to 9.300.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.49% to 10.741.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.40% or 4.80 to $1206.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.23% or 0.16 to hit $69.67 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.12 to trade at $77.58 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.42% to 0.7279, while AUD/JPY fell 0.47% to 81.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 94.59.