Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Real Estate Investment and IT sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 2.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX), which rose 4.91% or 0.13 points to trade at 2.78 at the close. St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) added 2.22% or 0.01 points to end at 0.23 and Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) was up 1.54% or 0.01 points to 0.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP), which lost 9.16% or 2.99 points to trade at 29.59 in late trade. Champion Iron Ltd (ASX:CIA) declined 7.03% or 0.45 points to end at 5.95 and Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV) shed 6.62% or 0.18 points to 2.54.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 833 to 289 and 396 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 14.09% to 13.07 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.15% or 28.60 to $2,509.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.77% or 0.59 to hit $76.90 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.58 to trade at $80.10 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY rose 0.11% to 97.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 104.01.