Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the lost 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the were Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:), which rose 4.97% or 0.27 points to trade at 5.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (ASX:) added 2.40% or 0.03 points to end at 1.28 and Bapcor Ltd (ASX:) was up 2.18% or 0.10 points to 4.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Iluka Resources Ltd (ASX:), which fell 10.04% or 0.55 points to trade at 4.93 at the close. Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX:) declined 8.87% or 1.06 points to end at 10.89 and Zip Co Ltd (ASX:) was down 7.37% or 0.25 points to 3.14.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 596 to 425 and 396 ended unchanged.
Shares in Iluka Resources Ltd (ASX:) fell to 3-years lows; falling 10.04% or 0.55 to 4.93.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.28% to 10.12.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.58% or 15.46 to $2,663.86 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $68.30 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $72.03 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY fell 0.42% to 96.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 105.82.
