Monday, 20 November 2017

Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.19%

Australian Stock Markets

 Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Discretionary and Financials sectors led shares lower.


 At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.19%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Seven Group Holdings Ltd (AX:SVW), which rose 7.97% or 1.055 points to trade at 14.285 at the close. Meanwhile, APN Outdoor Group Ltd (AX:APO) added 4.41% or 0.200 points to end at 4.740 and Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (AX:SXL) was up 3.65% or 0.040 points to 1.135 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Australian Agricultural Company Ltd (AX:AAC), which fell 4.06% or 0.055 points to trade at 1.300 at the close. Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (AX:DHG) declined 3.80% or 0.140 points to end at 3.540 and Myob Group Ltd (AX:MYO) was down 3.54% or 0.130 points to 3.540.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 687 to 541 and 347 ended unchanged.

Shares in Seven Group Holdings Ltd (AX:SVW) rose to all time highs; rising 7.97% or 1.055 to 14.285. Shares in Australian Agricultural Company Ltd (AX:AAC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.06% or 0.055 to 1.300. Shares in Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (AX:DHG) fell to all time lows; down 3.80% or 0.140 to 3.540.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 6.56% to 11.569.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.54 to $1291.96 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $56.63 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.08 to trade at $62.64 a barrel.

AUD/USD was down 0.09% to 0.7557, while AUD/JPY fell 0.15% to 84.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.91.

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