Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the fell 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were EML Payments Ltd (ASX:), which rose 9.84% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.67 at the close. Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:) added 2.99% or 0.02 points to end at 0.69 and Viva Energy Group Ltd (ASX:) was up 2.66% or 0.07 points to 2.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Reece Ltd (ASX:), which lost 7.94% or 2.11 points to trade at 24.45 in late trade. Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:) declined 6.32% or 6.70 points to end at 99.37 and Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:) shed 5.49% or 0.08 points to 1.29.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 658 to 460 and 445 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.21% to 12.55.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.42% or 11.50 to $2,740.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.20% or 0.85 to hit $71.62 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.80 to trade at $75.76 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY fell 0.13% to 101.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 104.18.
