* Most sectors lower on ASX 200
* Gold miner Resolute leads losses on production stall
* Orora top gainer on fibre business sale
By Ambar Warrick
Oct 10 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell in volatile trade on Thursday, tracking a decline in Wall Street futures after a report suggested that little progress had been made in Sino-U.S. trade negotiations.
The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO fell 0.2% or 16 points to 6,530.70 by 0104 GMT, after dropping about 0.7% on Wednesday.
While Wall Street had gained on Wednesday amid trade optimism, U.S. futures dropped after the South China Morning Post reported that Washington and Beijing had made no progress in deputy-level trade talks held earlier in the week.
The report also said that the Chinese delegation is planning to leave Washington on Thursday after just one day of minister-level meetings. U.S. stock futures recovered slightly after CNBC said that the White House denied reports that Chinese Vice Premier Liu He was planning to leave Washington on Thursday. is completely led by the futures on the U.S. market," said James McGlew, executive director of corporate stockbroking at Argonaut. "The ebbing and flowing with regards to how the trade talks are going to end up seems to be almost daily."
"The wind was taken out of the sails 10 minutes before the market opened... clearly volatility is at the forefront of people's minds on a number of fronts."
Almost all ASX 200 sectors were in the red, with the heavyweight financial .AXFJ and mining .AXMM stocks falling about 0.2% and 0.8%, respectively.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia CBA.AX , the country's largest lender, fell about 0.4%, while miner BHP Group BHP.AX shed 0.7%.
Gold miner Resolute Mining Ltd RSG.AX was the biggest loser on the ASX 200, dropping more than 11% after it said a roaster at its Syama gold mine in Mali has been taken offline. stock also weighed down the gold index .AXGD , which fell about 0.8%. However, the sector is the best performer on the ASX 200 this year, having added nearly 42% as bullion prices continue to benefit from investors fleeing risk assets.
Packaging company Orora Ltd ORA.AX , however, was a bright spot as it clocked a record intraday gain. The stock was the biggest gainer on the ASX 200 after the firm said it would sell its Australasian fibre business and return the bulk of the proceeds to shareholders. maker Brambles Ltd BXB.AX gained about 3.5% after it reported a higher first-quarter revenue. Zealand stocks tracked their Australian peers lower, with the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 falling 0.2% or 21.69 points to 10,920.49.
Energy retailers Mercury NZ Ltd MCY.NZ and Contact Energy Ltd CEN.NZ dropped around 1.5% and 2.1%, respectively.