Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the IT, Telecoms Services and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP), which rose 9.66% or 0.16 points to trade at 1.76 at the close. Ansell Ltd (ASX:ANN) added 2.80% or 0.73 points to end at 26.80 and Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) was up 2.76% or 0.11 points to 4.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP), which lost 8.31% or 3.00 points to trade at 33.09 in late trade. Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) declined 6.55% or 6.53 points to end at 93.16 and Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) shed 5.00% or 0.03 points to 0.48.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 689 to 437 and 431 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 2.64% to 11.47.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.53% or 13.15 to $2,473.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, 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 0.21% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.18% to 105.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 103.49.