Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, A-REITs and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Skycity Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SKC), which rose 5.26% or 0.09 points to trade at 1.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV) added 2.96% or 0.06 points to end at 2.09 and Challenger Ltd (ASX:CGF) was up 2.95% or 0.19 points to 6.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fletcher Building Ltd (ASX:FBU), which fell 5.59% or 0.17 points to trade at 2.79 at the close. Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX:TWE) declined 3.90% or 0.47 points to end at 11.57 and Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX:WES) was down 3.88% or 2.57 points to 63.74.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 739 to 427 and 463 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 8.35% to 11.66.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.03% or 0.65 to $2,337.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $76.86 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $81.39 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.01% to 103.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.97.