Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Healthcare and Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Sirtex Medical Ltd (ASX:SRX), which rose 35.14% or 7.020 points to trade at 27.000 at the close. ALS Ltd (ASX:ALQ) added 7.25% or 0.430 points to end at 6.360 and G.U.D. Holdings Ltd (ASX:GUD) was up 6.14% or 0.510 points to 8.810 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Resmed Inc (ASX:RMD), which lost 18.42% or 1.520 points to trade at 6.730 in late trade. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) declined 7.97% or 0.200 points to end at 2.310 and Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) shed 6.56% or 0.470 points to 6.690.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 505 to 489 and 198 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 up 1.60% to 16.719.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1217.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.24% or 0.14 to hit $60.35 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.07 to trade at $67.19 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.22% to 0.8128, while AUD/JPY rose 0.06% to 96.70.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 93.34.