Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Gold, Telecoms Services and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP), which rose 10.27% or 0.14 points to trade at 1.45 at the close. Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:TAH) added 9.66% or 0.06 points to end at 0.65 and Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) was up 5.98% or 0.06 points to 0.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deterra Royalties Ltd (ASX:DRR), which lost 6.95% or 0.31 points to trade at 4.15 in late trade. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) declined 5.91% or 0.03 points to end at 0.52 and Orora Ltd (ASX:ORA) shed 4.51% or 0.09 points to 1.96.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 708 to 443 and 474 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 1.68% to 10.72.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.33% or 7.75 to $2,325.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.75% or 0.59 to hit $78.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.60% or 0.50 to trade at $82.25 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.48% to 104.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 105.05.