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

The loss was 1.65% by the time Sydney closed.

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd., which gained 6.74% (or 2.13 point) to trade at 33.73 by the closing of the session on the were the top performers. Polynovo Ltd. (ASX) gained 3.24%, or 0.04 points, to trade at 1.27. Unibail Rodamco Westfield Late trade saw the ASX go up by 2.08%, or 0.11 point to 5.40

They were also the session’s worst performers Nufarm Ltd (ASX 🙂 fell 8.58%, or 0.57 points, to trade at 6.07 by the close. Wesfarmers Ltd. (ASX) lost 7.83%, or 3.90 point to close at 45.89. Pendal Group Ltd. (ASX) fell 7.10%, or 0.37 to 4.84.

On the Sydney Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered those in progress by 1072 to 372 while 335 was unchanged.

Wesfarmers Ltd. shares (ASX) plunged to 52-week lows. The stock fell 7.83% or 3.90% to 45.89.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 10.91% to 18.41.

For June delivery, Gold Futures fell 0.30% to $1.810.46 per troy-ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 0.47 or 0.47 to $107.51/barrel, and the July Brent Oil contract, which rose 0.83 or 0.91 for $110.02/barrel.

While AUD/USD was steady at 0.70, AUD/JPY rose by 0.23 to 89.38.

At 103.78, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.08%.