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Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Materials, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM), which rose 8.82% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL) added 4.24% or 0.20 points to end at 4.92 and Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX:PRU) was up 4.14% or 0.15 points to 3.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN), which fell 7.62% or 1.96 points to trade at 23.75 at the close. Champion Iron Ltd (ASX:CIA) declined 6.01% or 0.27 points to end at 4.22 and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) was down 5.09% or 0.07 points to 1.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 591 to 512 and 484 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 7.34% to 11.25.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.39% or 46.35 to $3,390.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.59% or 0.40 to hit $67.75 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.46 to trade at $69.31 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY fell 0.55% to 93.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 98.33.