Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Gold and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Tatts Group Ltd (ASX:TTS), which rose 6.08% or 0.230 points to trade at 4.010 at the close. Meanwhile, Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB) added 5.82% or 0.230 points to end at 4.180 and Cardno Ltd (ASX:CDD) was up 5.81% or 0.180 points to 3.280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STW Communications Group Ltd (ASX:SGN), which fell 22.93% or 0.235 points to trade at 0.790 at the close. Platinum Asset Management Ltd (ASX:PTM) declined 12.66% or 1.170 points to end at 8.070 and Transpacific Industries Group Ltd (ASX:TPI) was down 11.17% or 0.100 points to 0.795.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 356 to 240 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tatts Group Ltd (ASX:TTS) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 6.08% or 0.230 to 4.010. Shares in STW Communications Group Ltd (ASX:SGN) fell to 3-year lows; down 22.93% or 0.235 to 0.790.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.17% to 15.061.
Gold for April delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1207.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 0.76% or 0.40 to hit $52.23 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.49 to trade at $60.55 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.17% to 0.7806, while AUD/JPY rose 0.15% to 92.81.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 94.46.