Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Telecoms Services and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP), which rose 6.50% or 3.200 points to trade at 52.430 at the close. Meanwhile, Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) added 3.99% or 0.135 points to end at 3.515 and Cochlear Ltd (AX:COH) was up 3.68% or 7.22 points to 203.37 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bellamys Australia Ltd (AX:BAL), which fell 5.31% or 0.940 points to trade at 16.760 at the close. Monadelphous Group Ltd (AX:MND) declined 4.96% or 0.720 points to end at 13.790 and Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AX:SIG) was down 4.14% or 0.033 points to 0.752.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 639 to 529 and 418 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cochlear Ltd (AX:COH) rose to all time highs; up 3.68% or 7.22 to 203.37.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.18% to 12.647.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.22% or 2.90 to $1298.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.22% or 0.15 to hit $66.89 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.12 to trade at $77.44 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.37% to 0.7540, while AUD/JPY fell 0.09% to 82.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 94.13.