Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.31% By Investing.com
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<p>Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.</p>
<p>At the close in Sydney, the fell 0.31%.</p>
<p>The best performers of the session on the were <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name"> Nickel Mines </span></span> Ltd (ASX:), which rose 4.10% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.70 at the close. Meanwhile, <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name"> Austal Ltd </span></span> (ASX:) added 3.57% or 0.07 points to end at 2.03 and St Barbara Ltd (ASX:) was up 2.44% or 0.01 points to 0.21 in late trade.</p>
<p>The worst performers of the session were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:), which fell 3.76% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.45 at the close. <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name"> Perseus Mining Ltd </span></span> (ASX:) declined 3.66% or 0.07 points to end at 1.85 and <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name"> Gold Road Resources Ltd </span></span> (ASX:) was down 2.97% or 0.06 points to 1.96.</p>
<p>Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 565 to 552 and 399 ended unchanged.</p>
<p>The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 6.18% to 11.23 a new 1-month high.</p>
<p>Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.17% or 3.55 to $2,079.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.54% or 0.39 to hit $72.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.51 to trade at $77.66 a barrel.</p>
<p>AUD/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY rose 0.13% to 96.72.</p>
<p>The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.89.</p>
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