Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Gold, Telecoms Services and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP), which rose 10.27% or 0.14 points to trade at 1.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:TAH) added 9.66% or 0.06 points to end at 0.65 and Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) was up 5.98% or 0.06 points to 0.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deterra Royalties Ltd (ASX:DRR), which fell 6.95% or 0.31 points to trade at 4.15 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) declined 5.91% or 0.03 points to end at 0.52 and Orora Ltd (ASX:ORA) was down 4.51% or 0.09 points to 1.96.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 708 to 443 and 474 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deterra Royalties Ltd (ASX:DRR) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.95% or 0.31 to 4.15. Shares in Orora Ltd (ASX:ORA) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.51% or 0.09 to 1.96.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.68% to 10.72.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.36% or 8.30 to $2,326.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.75% or 0.59 to hit $78.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.60% or 0.50 to trade at $82.25 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.47% to 104.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 105.04.