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

The Australian lost 0.4% by the time Sydney closed.

They were the top performers at the session Nufarm Ltd (ASX):, which rose 20.22% (0.94 points), to trade at 5.59 by the close. Insignia Financial Ltd. (ASX:), which gained 4.36% (0.16 points) to close at 3.83 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX 🙂 was up 3.27%, or 0.670 Points to 21.130 during late trade.

Zip Co Ltd, ASX: was among the worst-performing stocks of the session. It fell 9.63% (or 0.31 points) to close at 2.91. Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:) declined 7.97% or 3.69 points to end at 42.59 and Nuix Ltd (ASX:) was down 7.82% or 0.12 points to 1.42.

On the Sydney Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered those in progress by 902, 522 and 372 respectively.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 7.95% to 15.750.

The April delivery of Gold Futures was lower by 0.30%, or 5.50, to $1804.80 per troy ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil fell 0.45% or 0.45 in March to reach $87.81 per barrel. The April Brent oil contract dropped 0.36 or 0.40% to trade at $89.11.

AUD/USD fell 0.17% at 0.7124 while AUD/JPY dropped 0.02% at 81.64.

At 96.105, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.18%.