Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the IT, Financials and Utilities 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 Flight Centre Ltd (ASX:FLT), which rose 9.21% or 1.64 points to trade at 19.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Worley Ltd (ASX:WOR) added 5.00% or 0.51 points to end at 10.71 and Bingo Industries Ltd (ASX:BIN) was up 4.97% or 0.160 points to 3.380 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Idp Education Ltd (ASX:IEL), which fell 5.65% or 1.37 points to trade at 22.86 at the close. Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX:APT) declined 3.70% or 4.26 points to end at 111.00 and GUD Holdings Ltd (ASX:GUD) was down 3.49% or 0.45 points to 12.46.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 708 to 563 and 356 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bingo Industries Ltd (ASX:BIN) rose to all time highs; up 4.97% or 0.160 to 3.380.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.14% to 13.923 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.75% or 12.95 to $1734.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.34% or 0.22 to hit $64.66 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.23 to trade at $68.13 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.50% to 0.7772, while AUD/JPY rose 0.78% to 84.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 91.737.