Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (AX:CTD), which rose 9.47% or 1.920 points to trade at 22.200 at the close. Flight Centre Ltd (AX:FLT) added 5.37% or 1.750 points to end at 34.360 and Viva Energy Reit Ltd (AX:VVR) was up 3.63% or 0.085 points to 2.425 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mineral Resources Ltd (AX:MIN), which lost 4.90% or 0.500 points to trade at 9.700 in late trade. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG) declined 4.79% or 0.250 points to end at 4.970 and Eclipx Group Ltd (AX:ECX) shed 3.29% or 0.125 points to 3.675.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 558 to 520 and 378 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 1.82% to 12.106.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.93% or 11.64 to $1236.86 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $47.63 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.18 to trade at $50.61 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.22% to 0.7407, while AUD/JPY fell 0.16% to 83.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 99.19.