Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Gold and A-REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Webjet Ltd (AX:WEB), which rose 19.48% or 2.820 points to trade at 17.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC) added 17.34% or 3.450 points to end at 23.350 and Appen Ltd (AX:APX) was up 13.61% or 1.750 points to 14.610 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Flight Centre Ltd (AX:FLT), which fell 8.66% or 5.810 points to trade at 61.310 at the close. APA Group (AX:APA) declined 7.79% or 0.790 points to end at 9.350 and ARB Corporation Ltd (AX:ARB) was down 6.64% or 1.420 points to 19.980.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 636 to 609 and 355 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC) rose to all time highs; gaining 17.34% or 3.450 to 23.350. Shares in Appen Ltd (AX:APX) rose to all time highs; rising 13.61% or 1.750 to 14.610.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.83% to 12.493.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 5.20 to $1198.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $67.91 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.14 to trade at $74.64 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.78% to 0.7293, while AUD/JPY fell 0.50% to 80.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 95.32.