Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the IT, Energy and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Bluescope Steel Ltd (AX:BSL), which rose 6.31% or 0.470 points to trade at 7.920 at the close. Meanwhile, Vocus Fpo (AX:VOC) added 5.65% or 0.310 points to end at 5.800 and Newcrest Mining Ltd (AX:NCM) was up 4.74% or 0.970 points to 21.450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Link Administration Holdings Ltd (AX:LNK), which fell 7.09% or 0.580 points to trade at 7.600 at the close. Ozforex Grp (AX:OFX) declined 4.57% or 0.080 points to end at 1.670 and Credit Corp Group Ltd (AX:CCP) was down 3.86% or 0.740 points to 18.410.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 564 to 484 and 294 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ozforex Grp (AX:OFX) fell to all time lows; falling 4.57% or 0.080 to 1.670.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 5.95% to 14.922.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.62% or 7.75 to $1261.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.88% or 0.44 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.41 to trade at $51.40 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.29% to 0.7539, while AUD/JPY fell 0.67% to 78.28.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 97.90.