Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.74% By Investing.com

© Reuters. Australia shares decrease at shut of commerce; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.74%

Investing.com – Australia shares have been decrease after the shut on Wednesday, as losses within the , and sectors led shares decrease.

On the shut in Sydney, the fell 0.74%.

One of the best performers of the session on the have been AMP Ltd (ASX:), which rose 11.34% or 0.11 factors to commerce at 1.08 on the shut. In the meantime, Downer Edi Ltd (ASX:) added 11.14% or 0.48 factors to finish at 4.79 and Idp Training Ltd (ASX:) was up 8.75% or 1.77 factors to 22.01 in late commerce.

The worst performers of the session have been Graincorp Ltd (ASX:), which fell 12.18% or 1.00 factors to commerce at 7.21 on the shut. Fletcher Constructing Ltd (ASX:) declined 8.65% or 0.32 factors to finish at 3.38 and GUD Holdings Ltd (ASX:) was down 7.99% or 0.96 factors to 11.05.

Falling shares outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Inventory Alternate by 763 to 383 and 388 ended unchanged.

Shares in Downer Edi Ltd (ASX:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 11.14% or 0.48 to 4.79. Shares in Fletcher Constructing Ltd (ASX:) fell to 3-years lows; falling 8.65% or 0.32 to three.38.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 choices, was up 3.04% to 11.87.

Gold Futures for April supply was down 0.09% or 1.75 to $2,005.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities buying and selling, Crude oil for supply in March fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $77.86 a barrel, whereas the April Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.08 to commerce at $82.69 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 0.65, whereas AUD/JPY fell 0.03% to 97.30.

The US Greenback Index Futures was down 0.16% at 104.69.