Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY), which rose 6.36% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.340 at the close. Meanwhile, Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) added 6.13% or 0.065 points to end at 1.125 and Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) was up 5.29% or 0.120 points to 2.390 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Emeco Holdings Ltd (AX:EHL), which fell 5.41% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.350 at the close. Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (AX:TWE) declined 3.71% or 0.630 points to end at 16.340 and Seven Group Holdings Ltd (AX:SVW) was down 3.69% or 0.730 points to 19.060.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 644 to 502 and 349 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) rose to all time highs; up 5.29% or 0.120 to 2.390.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.29% to 16.451.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.15% or 1.90 to $1232.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.48% or 0.33 to hit $68.98 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.40 to trade at $79.69 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.23% to 0.7115, while AUD/JPY rose 0.46% to 80.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 95.68.