Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate Investment, Industrials and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Webjet Ltd (ASX:WEB), which rose 4.89% or 0.24 points to trade at 5.15 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) added 4.82% or 0.02 points to end at 0.44 and Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1) was up 3.68% or 0.28 points to 7.89 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL), which lost 5.50% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.03 in late trade. Auckland International Airport Ltd (ASX:AIA) declined 3.31% or 0.24 points to end at 7.02 and Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:TAH) shed 2.73% or 0.02 points to 0.54.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 572 to 496 and 449 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.60% to 10.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.96% or 25.64 to $2,687.14 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.30% or 0.21 to hit $69.09 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $72.80 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY fell 0.67% to 97.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 105.87.