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 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:), which rose 9.66% or 0.16 points to trade at 1.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Ansell Ltd (ASX:) added 2.80% or 0.73 points to end at 26.80 and Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:) was up 2.76% or 0.11 points to 4.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:), which fell 8.31% or 3.00 points to trade at 33.09 at the close. Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:) declined 6.55% or 6.53 points to end at 93.16 and Appen Ltd (ASX:) was down 5.00% or 0.03 points to 0.48.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 689 to 437 and 431 ended unchanged.
Shares in Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 8.31% or 3.00 to 33.09. Shares in Ansell Ltd (ASX:) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.80% or 0.73 to 26.80.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.64% to 11.47.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.50% or 12.35 to $2,472.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.82% or 0.67 to hit $82.11 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.68% or 0.58 to trade at $85.66 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.16% to 105.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 103.50.
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