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The S&P/ASX 200 remained firmly in the red on Thursday, after fresh missile strikes from Iran swept away hopes of progress in US-Iran talks. The local index fell 1.43% to 124.80 points.
Miners were lower, led by gold stocks, on concerns that persistent inflation could keep global central banks hawkish. Newmont shed 6%.
Oil rallied, lifting the energy sector. Woodside was up 0.4% over the session.
On the company front, CSL fell 1.4% despite CEO Gordon Naylor buying shares.
Select Harvests fared better, jumping the most in two-and-a-half years on posting a strong interim profit.
Meanwhile SiteMinder gained a solid 8.22% after launching a new integrated booking platform.
Overnight, investors will get a preliminary read on US GDP. And Life360 and DroneShield will hold AGMs.