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 0.37%.

The best performers of the session on the were Computershare Ltd. (ASX:), which rose 5.73% or 0.97 points to trade at 17.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Premier Investments Ltd (ASX:) added 5.50% or 1.52 points to end at 29.15 and Washington H Soul Pattinson&Co Ltd (ASX:) was up 3.76% or 1.42 points to 39.16 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ramelius Resources Ltd (ASX:), which fell 6.09% or 0.085 points to trade at 1.310 at the close. Centuria Industrial Reit Unit (ASX:) declined 5.86% or 0.23 points to end at 3.77 and Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX:) was down 5.70% or 0.085 points to 1.405.

By 731 to 624, falling stocks outnumbered those on the Sydney Stock Exchange while 415 ended unchanged.

Computershare Ltd.’s shares rose by 5.73%, or 0.97 to 17.90. Premier Investments Ltd. (ASX) shares rose to new highs, up 5.50%. This is a rise of 1.52 to 29.15.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.00% to 12.205.

For December delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.17% to $1752.75 per troy an ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 0.08 or 0.01 to reach $73.38/barrel, and November Brent oil, which rose 0.26 or 0.20 for $77.45/barrel.

AUD/USD dropped 0.22%, to 0.7279. AUD/JPY was down 0.01%, to 80.46.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.13 percent at 93.153.