Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 1.53%
Investing.com
Published Sep 15, 2015 03:00AM ET
Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 1.53%
Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Financials and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 1.53%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Seven West Media Ltd (ASX:SWM), which rose 6.47% or 0.045 points to trade at 0.740 at the close. Meanwhile, Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) added 4.82% or 0.055 points to end at 1.195 and Graincorp Ltd (ASX:GNC) was up 4.22% or 0.340 points to 8.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were South32 Ltd (ASX:S32), which fell 7.49% or 0.125 points to trade at 1.545 at the close. Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC) declined 5.69% or 0.060 points to end at 0.995 and Slater & Gordon Ltd (ASX:SGH) was down 5.17% or 0.140 points to 2.570.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 549 to 366 and 156 ended unchanged.
Shares in Slater & Gordon Ltd (ASX:SGH) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.17% or 0.140 to 2.570.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 6.52% to 27.527.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1107.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.40% or 0.17 to hit $44.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.01 to trade at $47.37 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.30% to 0.7114, while AUD/JPY fell 0.77% to 85.16.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 95.52.
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