Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Financials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR), which rose 8.58% or 0.260 points to trade at 3.290 at the close. Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY) added 7.26% or 0.135 points to end at 1.995 and Infigen Energy (AX:IFN) was up 4.79% or 0.035 points to 0.765 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Retail Food Group Ltd (AX:RFG), which lost 3.79% or 0.180 points to trade at 4.570 in late trade. Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd (AX:CCL) declined 3.58% or 0.330 points to end at 8.890 and Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd (AX:HVN) shed 2.99% or 0.120 points to 3.890.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 597 to 482 and 357 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 2.18% to 13.395.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.26% or 3.21 to $1224.91 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.93% or 0.42 to hit $45.55 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.92% or 0.44 to trade at $48.23 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.09% to 0.7596, while AUD/JPY fell 0.22% to 85.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.05.