Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Financials and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE), which rose 10.00% or 0.500 points to trade at 5.500 at the close. A2 Milk Company Ltd (AX:A2M) added 5.87% or 0.420 points to end at 7.580 and Credit Corp Group Ltd (AX:CCP) was up 5.52% or 1.110 points to 21.220 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM), which lost 6.11% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.615 in late trade. Bank Of Queensland Ltd. (AX:BOQ) declined 5.46% or 0.720 points to end at 12.460 and Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd (AX:HVN) shed 4.51% or 0.180 points to 3.810.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 650 to 603 and 324 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 1.97% to 11.633.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.17% or 2.17 to $1279.47 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $54.27 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $60.53 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.47% to 0.7713, while AUD/JPY rose 0.26% to 87.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 94.45.