Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Energy, A-REITs and Gold sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR), which rose 13.03% or 0.155 points to trade at 1.345 at the close. Meanwhile, Eclipx Group Ltd (AX:ECX) added 7.79% or 0.060 points to end at 0.830 and Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE) was up 4.80% or 0.170 points to 3.710 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inghams Group Ltd (AX:ING), which fell 6.32% or 0.28 points to trade at 4.15 at the close. Emeco Holdings Ltd (AX:EHL) declined 5.22% or 0.105 points to end at 1.905 and Beach Energy Ltd (AX:BPT) was down 4.31% or 0.090 points to 2.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 607 to 504 and 353 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.88% to 11.531.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.14% or 1.85 to $1297.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $62.37 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $69.28 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.7118, while AUD/JPY rose 0.04% to 79.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.627.