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Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 1.73% -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 1.73%

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

After the Sydney closing, the dropped 1.73% and reached a new one-month low.

St Barbara Ltd. ASX: was among the top performers during the session. It rose by 2.17%, or 0.030 point to trade at 1.45 at the closing. Meanwhile, Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX 🙂 was up 1.23% or 0.05 points to close at 4.11 Silver Lake Resources Late trade saw Ltd (ASX) rise 1.19%, or 0.020 point to 1.705

These were the worst performers of the session. Appen Ltd (ASX): The ASX fell 18.81% or 2.19 point to close at 9.45. Flight Centre Ltd (ASX 🙂 lost 7.45% or 1.38 Points to finish at 17.14. Corporate Travel Managment Ltd was down 5.80% (or 1.33 points) to 21.62.

The Sydney Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing stock by 1135, 366 and then 340 respectively.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 14.78% to 13.164.

For December delivery, Gold Futures rose 1.09% to $1803.70 an ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which fell 3.11 or 3.97% to reach $75.28/barrel, and January Brent oil, which fell 2.81 or 3.42% to trade at $79.41/barrel.

AUD/USD fell 0.90%, to 0.7125. AUD/JPY dropped 1.85% to 81.40.

At 96.635, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.24%.

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