Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Resources and Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Service Stream Ltd (ASX:SSM), which rose 10.12% or 0.175 points to trade at 1.905 at the close. Meanwhile, Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (ASX:DHG) added 8.01% or 0.37 points to end at 4.99 and Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:PME) was up 3.98% or 1.64 points to 42.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN), which fell 8.49% or 1.67 points to trade at 17.99 at the close. Invocare Ltd (ASX:IVC) declined 8.30% or 1.01 points to end at 11.16 and Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) was down 5.50% or 2.00 points to 34.35.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 822 to 572 and 318 ended unchanged.
Shares in Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (ASX:DHG) rose to all time highs; up 8.01% or 0.37 to 4.99.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.18% to 15.900 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.40% or 7.45 to $1848.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.48% or 0.25 to hit $52.09 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $55.05 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.33% to 0.7653, while AUD/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 80.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 90.703.