Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the A-REITs, Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which rose 7.79% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.83 at the close. Meanwhile, Gold Road Resources Ltd (ASX:GOR) added 4.39% or 0.08 points to end at 1.78 and Computershare Ltd. (ASX:CPU) was up 4.15% or 1.12 points to 28.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Netwealth Group Ltd (ASX:NWL), which fell 4.98% or 1.01 points to trade at 19.27 at the close. Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) declined 4.71% or 0.07 points to end at 1.32 and Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV) was down 4.44% or 0.10 points to 2.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 651 to 461 and 464 ended unchanged.
Shares in Computershare Ltd. (ASX:CPU) rose to all time highs; up 4.15% or 1.12 to 28.09.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.07% to 10.85.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.18% or 4.15 to $2,352.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $86.26 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.08 to trade at $90.56 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY rose 0.13% to 99.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 105.03.