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Australia shares lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.50%

Published 23/05/2016, 07:00
Updated 23/05/2016, 07:00
© Reuters.  Australia shares lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.50%

© Reuters. Australia shares lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.50%

Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Resources and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.50%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Bluescope Steel Ltd (AX:BSL), which rose 7.61% or 0.445 points to trade at 6.295 at the close. Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX) added 7.21% or 0.410 points to end at 6.100 and Mesoblast Ltd (AX:MSB) was up 6.32% or 0.120 points to 2.020 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Flight Centre Ltd (AX:FLT), which lost 9.80% or 3.610 points to trade at 33.230 in late trade. Spotless Fp (AX:SPO) declined 4.62% or 0.055 points to end at 1.135 and Myer Holdings Ltd (AX:MYR) shed 3.73% or 0.045 points to 1.160.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 549 to 478 and 310 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 2.97% to 17.777.

In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.16% or 2.05 to $1250.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.87% or 0.42 to hit $47.99 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.38 to trade at $48.34 a barrel.

AUD/USD was up 0.26% to 0.7242, while AUD/JPY fell 0.04% to 79.53.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 95.24.

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