Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were AMP Ltd (ASX:AMP), which rose 13.50% or 0.15 points to trade at 1.28 at the close. Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) added 6.15% or 0.06 points to end at 0.95 and Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) was up 2.34% or 2.00 points to 87.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mirvac Group (ASX:MGR), which lost 8.53% or 0.18 points to trade at 1.93 in late trade. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) declined 7.60% or 0.05 points to end at 0.58 and Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) shed 6.03% or 0.17 points to 2.65.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 708 to 378 and 394 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 0.53% to 14.68.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 6.15 to $2,438.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $75.21 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.14 to trade at $78.19 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.62% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.35% to 95.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 102.85.