Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the declined 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were St Barbara Ltd (ASX:), which rose 4.48% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.35 at the close. Amcor PLC (ASX:) added 3.16% or 0.49 points to end at 16.00 and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:) was up 3.10% or 0.53 points to 17.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:), which lost 6.03% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.48 in late trade. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:) declined 5.81% or 0.03 points to end at 0.41 and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:) shed 4.84% or 0.14 points to 2.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 619 to 427 and 411 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.19% to 10.77.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 6.70 to $2,658.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $68.89 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.11 to trade at $72.92 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY fell 0.10% to 101.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 106.53.
