After the market closed on Thursday, shares in Australia went down because the energy, IT, and resources sectors all lost value.
The S&P/ASX 200 fell by 0.50% when trading ended in Sydney.
Origin Energy Ltd. (ASX:ORG), which rose 34.77% or 2.02 points to trade at $7.83 at the end of the session, did the best on the S&P/ASX 200. Perpetual Ltd (ASX:PPT) rose 14.82 percent, or 4.31 points, to finish at 33.40, while News Corp B DRC (ASX:NWS) rose 8.72 percent, or 2.01 points, to 25.05.
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Pendal Group Ltd. (ASX:PDL), which fell 10.93% or 0.48 points to close at 3.91, did the worst of the day’s stocks. Xero Ltd (ASX:XRO) fell 10.85%, or 7.88 points, to end at 64.74, and Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) fell 5.24 %, or 0.10 points, to 1.81.
On the Sydney Stock Exchange, there were 740 stocks that went down, 504 that went up, and 414 that stayed the same.
Origin Energy Ltd. (ASX:ORG) shares went up by 34.77%, or 2.02, to $7.83, which was a 52-week high. Shares of Xero Ltd. (ASX:XRO) fell to 52-week lows, down 10.85%, or $7.88, to $64.74.
The implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, which is measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX, went up by 1.49% to 16.40.
Gold futures for delivery in December went down 0.25 percent, or $4.35, to $1,709.35 per troy ounce. In other commodity trading, the price of crude oil for delivery in December dropped 0.41%, or $0.35, to $85.48 per barrel, while the price of Brent oil for delivery in January dropped 0.27%, or $0.25, to $92.40 per barrel.
AUD/USD stayed the same at 0.64, while AUD/JPY went down by 0.5% to 93.65.
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At 110.35, the US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.1%.