Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.96%

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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.96%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Smartgroup Corporation Ltd (ASX:SIQ), which rose 7.59% or 0.40 points to trade at 5.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (ASX:CTD) added 6.32% or 0.70 points to end at 11.78 and Lynas Corporation Ltd (ASX:LYC) was up 6.00% or 0.120 points to 2.120 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NRW Holdings Ltd (ASX:NWH), which fell 9.36% or 0.20 points to trade at 1.99 at the close. Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW) declined 6.93% or 0.26 points to end at 3.49 and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) was down 5.66% or 0.015 points to 0.250.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 632 to 540 and 328 ended unchanged.

Shares in Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW) fell to all time lows; down 6.93% or 0.26 to 3.49.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.59% to 24.419.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.71% or 12.15 to $1734.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 5.75% or 1.95 to hit $31.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 4.38% or 1.58 to trade at $34.48 a barrel.

AUD/USD was down 0.56% to 0.6527, while AUD/JPY fell 0.72% to 70.13.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 99.615.