Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the IT, Energy and Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pact Group Holdings Ltd (ASX:PGH), which rose 9.84% or 0.250 points to trade at 2.790 at the close. Bellamys Australia Ltd (ASX:BAL) added 4.53% or 0.360 points to end at 8.310 and Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) was up 3.89% or 0.050 points to 1.335 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX:APT), which lost 9.92% or 2.760 points to trade at 25.070 in late trade. Bravura Solutions Ltd (ASX:BVS) declined 4.52% or 0.230 points to end at 4.860 and Growthpoint Properties Australia (ASX:GOZ) shed 3.29% or 0.140 points to 4.120.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 706 to 621 and 386 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.97% to 13.043.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.10% or 1.35 to $1413.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.52% or 0.31 to hit $59.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.36 to trade at $65.31 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.7014, while AUD/JPY rose 0.05% to 75.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 95.727.