Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.31% By Investing.com

© Reuters. Australia shares decrease at shut of commerce; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.31%

Investing.com – Australia shares have been decrease after the shut on Friday, as losses within the , and sectors led shares decrease.

On the shut in Sydney, the fell 0.31%.

The very best performers of the session on the have been Nickel Mines Ltd (ASX:), which rose 4.10% or 0.03 factors to commerce at 0.70 on the shut. In the meantime, Austal Ltd (ASX:) added 3.57% or 0.07 factors to finish at 2.03 and St Barbara Ltd (ASX:) was up 2.44% or 0.01 factors to 0.21 in late commerce.

The worst performers of the session have been Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:), which fell 3.76% or 0.02 factors to commerce at 0.45 on the shut. Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX:) declined 3.66% or 0.07 factors to finish at 1.85 and Gold Highway Sources Ltd (ASX:) was down 2.97% or 0.06 factors to 1.96.

Falling shares outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Inventory Change by 565 to 552 and 399 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 choices, was up 6.18% to 11.23 a brand new 1-month excessive.

Gold Futures for February supply was down 0.17% or 3.55 to $2,079.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities buying and selling, Crude oil for supply in February rose 0.54% or 0.39 to hit $72.16 a barrel, whereas the March Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.51 to commerce at $77.66 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 0.68, whereas AUD/JPY rose 0.13% to 96.72.

The US Greenback Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.89.