Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Energy and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (ASX:MYX), which rose 11.59% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.385 at the close. Meanwhile, Star Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SGR) added 9.40% or 0.22 points to end at 2.56 and Ingenia Communities Group (ASX:INA) was up 6.91% or 0.23 points to 3.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (ASX:CTD), which fell 15.97% or 1.75 points to trade at 9.21 at the close. Flight Centre Ltd (ASX:FLT) declined 12.87% or 1.61 points to end at 10.90 and Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC) was down 9.95% or 0.205 points to 1.855.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 823 to 418 and 290 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 13.15% to 32.552.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.81% or 14.10 to $1754.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.65% or 0.13 to hit $20.00 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.26 to trade at $27.95 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.24% to 0.6303, while AUD/JPY rose 0.01% to 67.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 99.730.
