Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.13%

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 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the were A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:), which rose 4.58% or 0.18 points to trade at 4.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:) added 4.17% or 0.02 points to end at 0.38 and Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:) was up 4.03% or 0.15 points to 3.75 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nuix Ltd (ASX:), which fell 5.61% or 0.09 points to trade at 1.51 at the close. Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:) declined 5.01% or 0.09 points to end at 1.61 and Carsales.Com Ltd (ASX:) was down 4.46% or 1.31 points to 28.05.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 637 to 562 and 342 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 9.29% to 11.83.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.20 to $1,987.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $72.95 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $77.47 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY fell 0.12% to 97.39.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 104.29.