Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Australian Real Estate Investment Trust, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX:SUL), which rose 9.97% or 0.880 points to trade at 9.710 at the close. Crown Ltd (ASX:CWN) added 9.82% or 1.42 points to end at 15.88 and Beadell Resources Ltd (ASX:BDR) was up 6.67% or 0.020 points to 0.320 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Iinet Ltd (ASX:IIN), which lost 11.10% or 0.800 points to trade at 6.410 in late trade. Panaust Ltd (ASX:PNA) declined 6.90% or 0.100 points to end at 1.350 and Drillsearch Energy Ltd (ASX:DLS) shed 5.83% or 0.060 points to 0.970.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 294 to 292 and 33 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.22% to 15.240.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 1.34% or 16.10 to $1216.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 2.85% or 1.50 to hit $51.31 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.38 to trade at $59.61 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.03% to 0.7812, while AUD/JPY fell 0.08% to 92.70.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 94.04.