Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the declined 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:), which rose 4.00% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:) added 3.44% or 0.06 points to end at 1.80 and Appen Ltd (ASX:) was up 3.13% or 0.02 points to 0.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were St Barbara Ltd (ASX:), which fell 6.98% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.20 at the close. Cochlear Ltd (ASX:) declined 4.65% or 15.38 points to end at 315.38 and Idp Education Ltd (ASX:) was down 4.50% or 0.70 points to 14.87.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 614 to 560 and 467 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.28% to 10.30 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.65% or 15.25 to $2,357.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $80.57 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $85.18 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.03% to 105.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 104.95.
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