Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, A-REITs and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Infigen Energy (AX:IFN), which rose 10.00% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.660 at the close. Meanwhile, Bellamys Australia Ltd (AX:BAL) added 4.06% or 0.830 points to end at 21.260 and Healthscope (AX:HSO) was up 3.68% or 0.070 points to 1.970 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Retail Food Group Ltd (AX:RFG), which fell 7.84% or 0.080 points to trade at 0.940 at the close. IPH Ltd (AX:IPH) declined 3.26% or 0.115 points to end at 3.415 and NIB Holdings (AX:NHF) was down 3.30% or 0.200 points to 5.860.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 669 to 501 and 375 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.80% to 13.630.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.45% or 6.10 to $1353.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.30% or 0.20 to hit $67.02 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $72.12 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.08% to 0.7749, while AUD/JPY rose 0.01% to 82.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.31.