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Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.32%

Published 03/13/2017, 01:30 AM
Updated 03/13/2017, 01:30 AM
© Reuters.  Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.32%

© Reuters. Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.32%

Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the A-REITs, Energy and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.32%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were St Barbara Ltd (AX:SBM), which rose 8.33% or 0.190 points to trade at 2.470 at the close. Meanwhile, Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN) added 6.81% or 0.130 points to end at 2.040 and Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) was up 6.75% or 0.085 points to 1.345 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were BWP Trust (AX:BWP), which fell 3.18% or 0.090 points to trade at 2.740 at the close. Sims Metal Management Ltd (AX:SGM) declined 2.95% or 0.370 points to end at 12.190 and South32 Ltd (AX:S32) was down 2.82% or 0.075 points to 2.585.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 576 to 480 and 316 ended unchanged.

Shares in BWP Trust (AX:BWP) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.18% or 0.090 to 2.740.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 10.01% to 9.708.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.50% or 5.95 to $1207.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.78% or 0.38 to hit $48.11 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.62% or 0.32 to trade at $51.05 a barrel.

AUD/USD was up 0.37% to 0.7570, while AUD/JPY rose 0.35% to 86.80.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 100.97.

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