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Australia shares lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.58%

Published 22/10/2018, 05:00 pm
© Reuters.  Australia shares lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.58%
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Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.58%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pilbara Minerals Ltd (AX:PLS), which rose 5.10% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.825 at the close. Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) added 3.43% or 0.080 points to end at 2.410 and Vocus Group Ltd (AX:VOC) was up 2.90% or 0.100 points to 3.550 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Flight Centre Ltd (AX:FLT), which lost 9.98% or 5.110 points to trade at 46.080 in late trade. Lynas Corporation Ltd (AX:LYC) declined 5.33% or 0.090 points to end at 1.600 and Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC) shed 4.95% or 0.870 points to 16.690.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 703 to 442 and 345 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 3.26% to 16.987.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1229.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.32% or 0.22 to hit $69.50 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.16 to trade at $79.94 a barrel.

AUD/USD was down 0.14% to 0.7108, while AUD/JPY fell 0.05% to 80.08.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.43.

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