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Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.13%

Published 11/29/2016, 12:30 AM
Updated 11/29/2016, 12:30 AM
© Reuters.  Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.13%

© Reuters. Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.13%

Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gold, Telecoms Services and Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pact Group Holdings Ltd (AX:PGH), which rose 5.52% or 0.340 points to trade at 6.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Isentia Group Ltd (AX:ISD) added 5.14% or 0.130 points to end at 2.660 and Primary Health Care Ltd (AX:PRY) was up 3.90% or 0.140 points to 3.730 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Vocus Fpo (AX:VOC), which fell 27.26% or 1.570 points to trade at 4.190 at the close. Syrah Res F (AX:SYR) declined 7.95% or 0.240 points to end at 2.780 and TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM) was down 7.15% or 0.540 points to 7.010.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 576 to 469 and 346 ended unchanged.

Shares in Vocus Fpo (AX:VOC) fell to 52-week lows; falling 27.26% or 1.570 to 4.190. Shares in Syrah Res F (AX:SYR) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.95% or 0.240 to 2.780.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.29% to 12.758.

Gold for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.30 to $1189.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.64% or 0.30 to hit $46.78 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.30 to trade at $48.91 a barrel.

AUD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7478, while AUD/JPY rose 0.08% to 83.81.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 101.35.

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