Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gold, Metals & Mining and A-REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were AMP Ltd (ASX:AMP), which rose 13.50% or 0.15 points to trade at 1.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) added 6.15% or 0.06 points to end at 0.95 and Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) was up 2.34% or 2.00 points to 87.43 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mirvac Group (ASX:MGR), which fell 8.53% or 0.18 points to trade at 1.93 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) declined 7.60% or 0.05 points to end at 0.58 and Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) was down 6.03% or 0.17 points to 2.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 708 to 378 and 394 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.53% to 14.68.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 6.10 to $2,438.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $75.19 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.16 to trade at $78.17 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.63% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.33% to 95.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 102.84.