Australia’s stocks went down after the market closed on Thursday. The Metals & Mining, Resources, and Utilities sectors all lost value.
The S&P/ASX 200 was down 1.97 percent at the end of the trading day in Sydney.
The best performer on the S&P/ASX 200 was Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH), which rose 10.74% or 0.26 points to trade at $2.68 at the close.Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) rose 3.50 percent, or 0.12 points, to end at 3.55, and Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) rose 0.97 percent, or 0.65 points, to 68.00 in late trade.
Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW), which fell 6.00 percent or 0.24 points to close at 3.76, did the worst of the day’s stocks. Janus Henderson Group PLC DRC (ASX: JHG) fell 5.72 percent or 2.03 points to 33.49, while EML Payments Ltd (ASX: EML) fell 5.75 percent or 0.08 points to finish at 1.23.
On the Sydney Stock Exchange, there were 965 stocks that went down, 550 that went up, and 383 that stayed the same.
Shares of Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW) fell to 52-week lows, going from 3.76 to 3.24, which is a drop of 6.00 percent. EML Payments Ltd (ASX: EML) shares fell 5.75 percent, or 0.08, to $1.23, their lowest level in three years.
The implied volatility of S & P/ASX 200 options, which is measured by the S & P/ASX 200 VIX, went up by 5.93% to 19.18.
Gold futures for August delivery went down 0.15 percent, or $2.80, to $1,814.70 per troy ounce. In other commodity trading, the price of crude oil for August delivery fell 0.28 percent, or $0.31, to $109.47 per barrel, while Brent oil fell 0.18 percent, or $0.20, to $112.25 per barrel.
AUD/USD stayed the same at 0.69, while AUD/JPY went down by 0.2% to 93.79.
The US Dollar Index futures were down 0.08 percent at 104.77.
