Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Tatts Group Ltd (AX:TTS), which rose 4.23% or 0.170 points to trade at 4.190 at the close. Meanwhile, Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (AX:TAH) added 4.12% or 0.170 points to end at 4.300 and Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (AX:TWE) was up 3.40% or 0.440 points to 13.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IPH Ltd (AX:IPH), which fell 3.44% or 0.160 points to trade at 4.490 at the close. Iress Ltd (AX:IRE) declined 3.52% or 0.435 points to end at 11.935 and Qbe Insurance Group Ltd (AX:QBE) was down 3.40% or 0.380 points to 10.790.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 621 to 493 and 380 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 5.87% to 13.898.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.00% or 0.06 to $1292.34 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $47.05 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.06 to trade at $50.97 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.10% to 0.7894, while AUD/JPY fell 0.08% to 86.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.56.