Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

The close of Sydney saw the price drop to 2.0%, a new three-month low.

Whitehaven Coal Ltd. (ASX) was the best performer of the session, rising 4.02% (0.130 points) to close at 3.360. In the meantime, G8 Education Ltd (ASX) – 3.81%, or 0.040 point added to close at 1.090 Silver Lake Resources Ltd (ASX.:) rose 3.73% to 1.390, or 0.50 points in late-trade.

Virgin Money PLC:, which lost 7.43% (or 0.30 points) to close at 3.74 at closing, were the worst-performing session. Mineral Resources Ltd. (ASX) lost 6.85%, or 3.07 point to close at 41.74. Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd. (ASX) fell 6.26% or 10.05 to 150.41.

The Sydney Stock Exchange reported that falling stocks outnumbered those in progress by 845 to512, and ended the day unchanged at 410.

Whitehaven Coal Ltd shares rose 52 weeks to their highest level (ASX:), a rise of 4.02%, or 0.130 to 3.360.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 26.67% to 15.781 a new 6-months high.

The December delivery of Gold Futures was lower by 0.11%, or 1.85, to $1755.15 per troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which fell 0.47 points to reach $74.56/barrel in November. The December Brent oil contract, however, fell 0.46 percent to trade at $177.84/barrel.

The AUD/USD fell 0.2% to 0.7207 while the AUD/JPY dropped 0.31% at 80.15.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.6% at 94.297.