Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.59% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were GQG Partners Inc DRC (ASX:GQG), which rose 5.18% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Regis Healthcare Ltd (ASX:REG) added 2.63% or 0.19 points to end at 7.42 and Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) was up 2.43% or 1.56 points to 65.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lovisa Holdings Ltd (ASX:LOV), which fell 13.56% or 4.72 points to trade at 30.10 at the close. Iluka Resources Ltd (ASX:ILU) declined 10.85% or 0.77 points to end at 6.33 and IperionX Limited (ASX:IPX) was down 9.16% or 0.45 points to 4.46.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 947 to 230 and 337 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 21.41% to 15.30 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.20% or 8.26 to $4,051.74 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.24% or 0.73 to hit $58.27 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.69 to trade at $62.69 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 101.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 100.04.
