© Reuters. Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.35%Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the fell 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the were Downer Edi Ltd (ASX:), which rose 3.46% or 0.250 points to trade at 7.470 at the close. Meanwhile, Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:) added 3.19% or 0.015 points to end at 0.485 and Nufarm Ltd (ASX:) was up 3.07% or 0.150 points to 5.030 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Janus Henderson Group PLC DRC (ASX:), which fell 12.20% or 3.880 points to trade at 27.930 at the close. Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:) declined 7.30% or 0.950 points to end at 12.060 and Adelaide Brighton Ltd (ASX:) was down 5.93% or 0.210 points to 3.330.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 695 to 541 and 351 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adelaide Brighton Ltd (ASX:) fell to 3-years lows; down 5.93% or 0.210 to 3.330.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.66% to 11.997.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.39% or 19.95 to $1417.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.30% or 0.76 to hit $57.82 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.71 to trade at $64.34 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.02% to 0.6843, while AUD/JPY rose 0.42% to 74.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 98.657.
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