Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.25%

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 0.25%.

The best performers of the session on the were Speedcast International Ltd (ASX:), which rose 4.93% or 0.035 points to trade at 0.745 at the close. Meanwhile, Hub24 Ltd (ASX:) added 3.25% or 0.350 points to end at 11.130 and Cimic Group Ltd (ASX:) was up 3.16% or 1.060 points to 34.600 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Jumbo Interactive Ltd (ASX:), which fell 14.50% or 2.670 points to trade at 15.740 at the close. Galaxy Resources Ltd (ASX:) declined 4.84% or 0.045 points to end at 0.885 and Lend Lease Group (ASX:) was down 4.56% or 0.860 points to 18.020.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 557 to 541 and 339 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.18% to 10.755 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.10% or 1.55 to $1482.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $61.13 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $66.62 a barrel.

AUD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.6887, while AUD/JPY fell 0.02% to 75.28.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.035.

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