Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Resources and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Ten Network Holdings Ltd (ASX:TEN), which rose 6.00% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.265 at the close. Paladin Energy Ltd (ASX:PDN) added 5.36% or 0.015 points to end at 0.295 and Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL) was up 4.89% or 0.055 points to 1.180 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Myer Holdings Ltd (ASX:MYR), which lost 5.45% or 0.075 points to trade at 1.300 in late trade. Senex Energy Ltd (ASX:SXY) declined 4.84% or 0.015 points to end at 0.295 and Transpacific Industries Group Ltd (ASX:TPI) shed 4.29% or 0.035 points to 0.780.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 509 to 462 and 207 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 2.25% to 17.426.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.14% or 1.70 to $1182.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.93% or 0.56 to hit $60.20 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.71% or 0.47 to trade at $64.64 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.39% to 0.7724, while AUD/JPY fell 0.30% to 95.43.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 95.25.