Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

The Australian lost 0.43 percent at Sydney’s close.

They were the top performers at the session Mesoblast Ltd (ASX) climbed 10.90%, or 0.145 points, to trade at 1.275 at the closing. Meanwhile, Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX 🙂 gained 6.89%, or 3.83 points, to close at 59.38. Healius Ltd (ASX 🙂 was up 4.97%, or 0.250 points, to 5.280 in late trading.

CSL Ltd., ASX: was among the worst-performing stocks of the session. It fell 8.6% (or 24.27 points) to close at 273.00. Champion Iron Ltd (ASX 🙂 fell 6.00%, or 0.300 points, to finish at 4.700. St Barbara Ltd (ASX 🙂 dropped 4.35%, or 0.065 point to 1.430.

The Sydney Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining ones by 722-618, and ended the day unchanged at 400

Wisetech Global Ltd shares (ASX) reached all-time highs, up 6.89% (3.83 to 59.38). Healius Ltd’s shares (ASX) rose by 4.97%, or 0.250 to 5.280 to reach 5-year highs.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.50% to 12.827.

The February Gold Futures were up 1.9%, or 20.95, to $1785.45 per troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose by 0.88 to reach $71.75/barrel in January. The February Brent oil contract, however, rose by 1.06%, or 0.78, to trade at $74.66/barrel.

The Australian Dollar/USD exchange rate was 0.1% higher at 0.7175. While the Japanese yen for the same currency rose 0.20%, to 81.89.

At 96.227, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.2%.