Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.16%

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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.16%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were oOh!Media Ltd (ASX:OML), which rose 10.39% or 0.08 points to trade at 0.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (ASX:CTD) added 9.41% or 0.86 points to end at 10.00 and Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) was up 8.24% or 0.035 points to 0.460 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mcmillan Shakespeare Ltd (ASX:MMS), which fell 6.18% or 0.43 points to trade at 6.53 at the close. Graincorp Ltd (ASX:GNC) declined 5.01% or 0.19 points to end at 3.60 and Charter Hall Retail Reit (ASX:CQR) was down 4.76% or 0.15 points to 3.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 653 to 547 and 301 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 19.73% to 24.566 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.65% or 11.20 to $1712.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 13.22% or 1.69 to hit $11.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.16% or 0.73 to trade at $22.34 a barrel.

AUD/USD was down 0.12% to 0.6456, while AUD/JPY fell 0.12% to 69.23.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 100.255.