Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Materials and Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP), which rose 4.77% or 1.960 points to trade at 43.070 at the close. Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (AX:TAH) added 2.34% or 0.100 points to end at 4.380 and Automotive Group Holdings Ltd (AX:AHG) was up 2.33% or 0.080 points to 3.520 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Whitehaven Coal Ltd (AX:WHC), which lost 5.05% or 0.195 points to trade at 3.665 in late trade. James Hardie Industries PLC (AX:JHX) declined 4.80% or 0.870 points to end at 17.260 and Myer Holdings Ltd (AX:MYR) shed 4.45% or 0.033 points to 0.698.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 588 to 526 and 380 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 2.14% to 12.330.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.42% or 5.63 to $1334.93 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.26% or 0.13 to hit $49.76 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.16 to trade at $55.31 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.8002, while AUD/JPY rose 0.19% to 88.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 92.09.