Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, A-REITs and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM), which rose 7.20% or 0.048 points to trade at 0.708 at the close. Meanwhile, Sirtex Medical Ltd (AX:SRX) added 5.67% or 1.580 points to end at 29.430 and Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC) was up 5.99% or 0.690 points to 12.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were APN Outdoor Group Ltd (AX:APO), which fell 5.32% or 0.295 points to trade at 5.245 at the close. Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (AX:MYX) declined 3.23% or 0.025 points to end at 0.750 and Mineral Resources Ltd (AX:MIN) was down 3.27% or 0.665 points to 19.675.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 654 to 595 and 360 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sirtex Medical Ltd (AX:SRX) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.67% or 1.580 to 29.430.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.51% to 11.610.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1312.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $68.44 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $73.64 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.7538, while AUD/JPY rose 0.01% to 82.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 92.32.