Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, A-REITs and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:RMD), which rose 9.26% or 2.66 points to trade at 31.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) added 6.51% or 0.14 points to end at 2.29 and Champion Iron Ltd (ASX:CIA) was up 5.77% or 0.39 points to 7.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Platinum Asset Management Ltd (ASX:PTM), which fell 5.75% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.07 at the close. Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX:MFG) declined 5.35% or 0.49 points to end at 8.67 and Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:IFL) was down 5.28% or 0.13 points to 2.33.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 735 to 419 and 464 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 8.97% to 12.37.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.36% or 8.55 to $2,351.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.48% or 0.40 to hit $83.97 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.47 to trade at $89.48 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY rose 0.57% to 102.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 105.46.