Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.15%

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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX:FPH), which rose 7.80% or 1.75 points to trade at 24.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Platinum Asset Management Ltd (ASX:PTM) added 3.95% or 0.05 points to end at 1.31 and Virgin Money PLC (ASX:VUK) was up 3.42% or 0.14 points to 4.08 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which fell 7.44% or 0.05 points to trade at 0.56 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) declined 5.00% or 0.02 points to end at 0.38 and Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN) was down 3.48% or 0.29 points to 8.05.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 669 to 456 and 356 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.29% to 10.89.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.42% or 9.15 to $2,175.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.68% or 0.55 to hit $80.52 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.56 to trade at $85.22 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.58% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY fell 0.62% to 99.00.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 103.88.