Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were APN Outdoor Group Ltd (AX:APO), which rose 5.93% or 0.275 points to trade at 4.915 at the close. Meanwhile, Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE) added 5.59% or 0.265 points to end at 5.005 and Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY) was up 4.84% or 0.140 points to 3.030 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Retail Food Group Ltd (AX:RFG), which fell 4.57% or 0.043 points to trade at 0.887 at the close. Altium Ltd (AX:ALU) declined 3.56% or 0.730 points to end at 19.780 and Boral Ltd. (AX:BLD) was down 2.81% or 0.210 points to 7.270.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 607 to 600 and 376 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.08% to 14.895.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.14% or 1.80 to $1330.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.82% or 0.52 to hit $63.02 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.53 to trade at $67.80 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.14% to 0.7673, while AUD/JPY fell 0.19% to 82.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 90.19.