Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.10%

Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the A-REITs, Industrials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.10%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Webjet Ltd (ASX:WEB), which rose 4.89% or 0.24 points to trade at 5.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) added 4.82% or 0.02 points to end at 0.44 and Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) was up 3.48% or 0.08 points to 2.38 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Auckland International Airport Ltd (ASX:AIA), which fell 3.31% or 0.24 points to trade at 7.02 at the close. Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) declined 5.50% or 0.06 points to end at 1.03 and Inghams Group Ltd (ASX:ING) was down 1.90% or 0.06 points to 3.10.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 573 to 497 and 447 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.60% to 10.48.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.96% or 25.47 to $2,686.97 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.33% or 0.23 to hit $69.11 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $72.80 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY fell 0.68% to 97.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 105.87.