Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Consumer Staples and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Speedcast International Ltd (ASX:SDA), which rose 4.93% or 0.035 points to trade at 0.745 at the close. Meanwhile, Hub24 Ltd (ASX:HUB) added 3.25% or 0.350 points to end at 11.130 and Cimic Group Ltd (ASX:CIM) was up 3.16% or 1.060 points to 34.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jumbo Interactive Ltd (ASX:JIN), which fell 14.50% or 2.670 points to trade at 15.740 at the close. Galaxy Resources Ltd (ASX:GXY) declined 4.84% or 0.045 points to end at 0.885 and Lend Lease Group (ASX:LLC) was down 4.56% or 0.860 points to 18.020.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 557 to 541 and 339 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.18% to 10.755 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.10% or 1.55 to $1482.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $61.13 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $66.62 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.6887, while AUD/JPY fell 0.02% to 75.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.035.