Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Tatts Group Ltd (AX:TTS), which rose 4.23% or 0.170 points to trade at 4.190 at the close. Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (AX:TAH) added 4.12% or 0.170 points to end at 4.300 and Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (AX:TWE) was up 3.40% or 0.440 points to 13.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IPH Ltd (AX:IPH), which lost 3.44% or 0.160 points to trade at 4.490 in late trade. Iress Ltd (AX:IRE) declined 3.40% or 0.420 points to end at 11.950 and Qbe Insurance Group Ltd (AX:QBE) shed 3.40% or 0.380 points to 10.790.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 617 to 493 and 382 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 up 5.80% to 13.889.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1292.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $47.05 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.06 to trade at $50.97 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.10% to 0.7894, while AUD/JPY fell 0.09% to 86.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.56.