Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.75%
Investing.com
Published Sep 15, 2017 02:00AM ET
Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.75%
Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Materials and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP), which rose 4.84% or 1.990 points to trade at 43.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (AX:TAH) added 2.34% or 0.100 points to end at 4.380 and Automotive Group Holdings Ltd (AX:AHG) was up 2.18% or 0.075 points to 3.515 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Whitehaven Coal Ltd (AX:WHC), which fell 5.05% or 0.195 points to trade at 3.665 at the close. James Hardie Industries PLC (AX:JHX) declined 4.77% or 0.865 points to end at 17.265 and Myer Holdings Ltd (AX:MYR) was down 4.45% or 0.033 points to 0.698.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 591 to 525 and 378 ended unchanged.
Shares in James Hardie Industries PLC (AX:JHX) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.77% or 0.865 to 17.265. Shares in Myer Holdings Ltd (AX:MYR) fell to all time lows; down 4.45% or 0.033 to 0.698.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.17% to 12.325.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.43% or 5.74 to $1335.04 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.26% or 0.13 to hit $49.76 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.17 to trade at $55.30 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.8001, while AUD/JPY rose 0.18% to 88.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 92.09.
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