Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Energy, Gold and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Seven West Media Ltd (ASX:SWM), which rose 9.63% or 0.065 points to trade at 0.740 at the close. Meanwhile, Syrah Res F (ASX:SYR) added 5.51% or 0.150 points to end at 2.870 and Nsreit Stapled (ASX:NSR) was up 5.17% or 0.075 points to 1.525 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ansell Ltd (ASX:ANN), which fell 4.45% or 0.970 points to trade at 20.820 at the close. AWE Ltd (ASX:AWE) declined 3.68% or 0.025 points to end at 0.655 and Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (ASX:LNG) was down 3.38% or 0.070 points to 2.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 488 to 441 and 155 ended unchanged.
Shares in AWE Ltd (ASX:AWE) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.68% or 0.025 to 0.655.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.08% to 25.783.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.40 to $1108.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.43% or 0.66 to hit $45.27 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.49 to trade at $48.40 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.06% to 0.7062, while AUD/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 85.23.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 95.51.