Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Healthcare and A-REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY), which rose 8.20% or 0.255 points to trade at 3.365 at the close. Meanwhile, Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE) added 6.52% or 0.360 points to end at 5.880 and Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AX:SIG) was up 3.82% or 0.028 points to 0.748 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (AX:TWE), which fell 6.16% or 1.110 points to trade at 16.910 at the close. Westpac Banking Corporation (AX:WBC) declined 4.05% or 1.225 points to end at 28.985 and Bellamys Australia Ltd (AX:BAL) was down 3.99% or 0.690 points to 16.620.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 619 to 593 and 372 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 4.06% to 11.804.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.05% or 0.60 to $1292.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.39% or 0.28 to hit $71.77 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.18 to trade at $79.46 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.33% to 0.7540, while AUD/JPY rose 0.22% to 83.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 93.06.