Australian equities inch down at close of trade

On Thursday, Australian equities slumped after the close because losses in the Gold, Utilities as well as Industrials sectors suppressed shares.

The S&P/ASX 200 went down 0.83% to reach a fresh 6-months minimum.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 included G8 Education Ltd, Tassal Group Ltd and Santos Ltd. They inched up respectively 4.91%, 2.34% and 2.30%.

The losers were represented by Syrah Resources Ltd, Resolute Mining Ltd and Galaxy Resources Ltd. They slumped 6.75%, 5.65% and 5.82% respectively.

On the Sydney Stock Exchange diving stocks outnumbered advancing equities by 722 to 413, while 360 were intact.

Assessing the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 12.93% trading at 13.494.

The currency pair AUD/USD decreased 0.73% being worth 0.7972, AUD/JPY went down 0.57% trading at 89.61.

The US Dollar Index Futures managed to grow 0.11% hitting 92.32.

Similar

15.05.2019 13:34 Futures head south after China data points to decelerating retail sales

On Wednesday, American stock index futures headed south because dismal data out of China affected market sentiment, while traders waited for more developments related to the US-China trade conflict…

stock market wall street geopolitics

15.05.2019 12:12 Italian budget fears suppress stocks

On Wednesday, Italian stocks led losses in the European Union right after the country's deputy prime minister told that Rome considers breaking EU fiscal rules, thus masking early revenue powered by optimism around the US-China trade conflict…

stock market europe geopolitics

14.05.2019 09:17 Asian stocks head south to three-and-a-half month minimum

On Tuesday, another US-China tariff conflict escalation put pressure on Asian stocks, although remarks from American leader that he expects trade talks to be successful backed market sentiment…

stock market asia geopolitics