Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Automotive Group Holdings Ltd (AX:AHG), which rose 6.94% or 0.240 points to trade at 3.700 at the close. Beach Energy Ltd (AX:BPT) added 2.83% or 0.030 points to end at 1.090 and Nextdc Ltd (AX:NXT) was up 2.53% or 0.140 points to 5.670 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Webjet Ltd (AX:WEB), which lost 6.67% or 0.700 points to trade at 9.790 in late trade. Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd (AX:CCL) declined 4.64% or 0.370 points to end at 7.610 and A2 Milk Company Ltd (AX:A2M) shed 4.16% or 0.330 points to 7.600.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 645 to 570 and 358 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.51% to 10.347 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.19% or 2.44 to $1289.76 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.24% or 0.14 to hit $57.88 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.18 to trade at $63.14 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7618, while AUD/JPY rose 0.06% to 84.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 93.14.