Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.32%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX), which rose 4.44% or 0.190 points to trade at 4.470 at the close. Meanwhile, Northern Star Resources Ltd (AX:NST) added 2.92% or 0.140 points to end at 4.930 and Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN) was up 2.40% or 0.055 points to 2.345 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AX:SIG), which fell 7.26% or 0.068 points to trade at 0.863 at the close. Australian Agricultural Company Ltd (AX:AAC) declined 6.84% or 0.113 points to end at 1.532 and Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (AX:TAH) was down 5.76% or 0.240 points to 3.930.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 785 to 363 and 327 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (AX:TAH) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.76% or 0.240 to 3.930.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 26.63% to 17.607 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.08% or 0.98 to $1291.08 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.80% or 0.39 to hit $48.20 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.43 to trade at $51.47 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.18% to 0.7861, while AUD/JPY fell 0.24% to 85.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.32.