Investing
Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.79%
© Reuters Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.79%
Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the lost 0.79% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the were Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:), which rose 6.57% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:) added 3.26% or 0.14 points to end at 4.44 and Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:) was up 2.82% or 0.01 points to 0.37 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were St Barbara Ltd (ASX:), which fell 13.33% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.19 at the close. IGO Ltd (ASX:) declined 9.01% or 0.96 points to end at 9.69 and Star Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:) was down 8.40% or 0.05 points to 0.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 733 to 506 and 348 ended unchanged.
Shares in Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.57% or 0.13 to 2.11. Shares in IGO Ltd (ASX:) fell to 52-week lows; down 9.01% or 0.96 to 9.69. Shares in Star Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:) fell to all time lows; down 8.40% or 0.05 to 0.55.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.15% to 14.44.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 6.35 to $2,004.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.77% or 1.51 to hit $84.03 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.52% or 1.36 to trade at $87.84 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY rose 0.08% to 95.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 106.45.
Read the full article here
-
Passive Income7 days ago
Are You Running Your Business, or Is Your Business Running You?
-
Side Hustles7 days ago
How Your Body Language Can Help Win a Disagreement
-
Side Hustles6 days ago
How to Be Unapologetically You and Why It Matters
-
Side Hustles6 days ago
With AI Magicx, It’s Like Getting an Entire Creative Team in One Money-Saving AI Tool
-
Side Hustles7 days ago
OpenAI Raises Record $6.6 Billion, Adds 50 Million New Users
-
Investing7 days ago
7 Marketing Strategies to Help Your Startup Grow and Scale
-
Investing5 days ago
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: Demand For Blackwell AI Is Insane
-
Side Hustles5 days ago
Mark Zuckerberg Is Now Second Richest Person in the World