Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (AX:CTD), which rose 9.47% or 1.920 points to trade at 22.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Flight Centre Ltd (AX:FLT) added 5.37% or 1.750 points to end at 34.360 and Viva Energy Reit Ltd (AX:VVR) was up 3.63% or 0.085 points to 2.425 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mineral Resources Ltd (AX:MIN), which fell 4.90% or 0.500 points to trade at 9.700 at the close. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG) declined 4.79% or 0.250 points to end at 4.970 and Eclipx Group Ltd (AX:ECX) was down 3.29% or 0.125 points to 3.675.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 561 to 520 and 375 ended unchanged.
Shares in Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (AX:CTD) rose to all time highs; up 9.47% or 1.920 to 22.200.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.82% to 12.106.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.94% or 11.75 to $1236.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $47.63 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.18 to trade at $50.61 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.20% to 0.7408, while AUD/JPY fell 0.16% to 83.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 99.19.