Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Financials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Myer Holdings Ltd (ASX:MYR), which rose 8.43% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Arrium Ltd (ASX:ARI) added 4.60% or 0.004 points to end at 0.091 and Retail Food Group Ltd (ASX:RFG) was up 4.46% or 0.180 points to 4.220 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UGL Ltd (ASX:UGL), which fell 7.87% or 0.155 points to trade at 1.815 at the close. Corp Trav F (ASX:CTD) declined 6.33% or 0.620 points to end at 9.180 and Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (ASX:SXL) was down 5.85% or 0.055 points to 0.885.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 499 to 467 and 165 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.74% to 24.998.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.68% or 7.90 to $1145.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.76% or 0.34 to hit $45.25 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.20 to trade at $48.37 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.10% to 0.7033, while AUD/JPY rose 0.44% to 84.72.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 96.53.