Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL), which rose 8.22% or 0.16 points to trade at 2.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX:MFG) added 3.30% or 0.31 points to end at 9.69 and Challenger Ltd (ASX:CGF) was up 3.11% or 0.20 points to 6.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sims Metal Management Ltd (ASX:SGM), which fell 5.96% or 0.90 points to trade at 14.20 at the close. Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) declined 4.49% or 0.04 points to end at 0.85 and Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) was down 4.27% or 0.03 points to 0.56.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 587 to 543 and 405 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 8.22% or 0.16 to 2.04.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.26% to 10.82.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.05% or 1.10 to $2,051.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.82% or 0.59 to hit $72.78 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.49 to trade at $78.08 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.03% to 96.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 102.22.