Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gold, Financials and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM), which rose 18.02% or 1.420 points to trade at 9.300 at the close. Sandfire Resources NL (AX:SFR) added 8.70% or 0.620 points to end at 7.750 and Speedcast International Ltd (AX:SDA) was up 5.92% or 0.235 points to 4.205 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ramsay Health Care Ltd (AX:RHC), which lost 6.57% or 3.820 points to trade at 54.340 in late trade. Platinum Asset Management Ltd (AX:PTM) declined 5.32% or 0.305 points to end at 5.425 and Atlas Arteria (AX:ALX) shed 5.25% or 0.370 points to 6.680.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 639 to 626 and 323 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 0.50% to 10.740.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.38% or 4.60 to $1206.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.23% or 0.16 to hit $69.67 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.13 to trade at $77.59 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.42% to 0.7279, while AUD/JPY fell 0.47% to 81.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.58.