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

The loss was 1.02% at the Sydney close.

Magellan Financial Group Ltd. (ASX) was the best performer of the session. It rose 18.45%, or 3.38 points, to trade at 21.70 by the close. Meanwhile, NRW Holdings Ltd (ASX 🙂 was up 6.53% or 0.13 to finish at 2.12 Netwealth Group Late trade saw Ltd (ASX) rise 5.71%, or 0.76 point to 14.06

Qbe Insurance Group Ltd. (ASX) was the worst performer of the session, falling 8.70% or 1.100 point to close at 11.550. Origin Energy Ltd (ASX) fell 8.28%, or 0.510 point to close at 5.650 Incitec Pivot Ltd (ASX) fell 6.13%, or 0.200 points, to 3.060

By 795 to 592, falling stocks outnumbered those advancing on the Sydney Stock Exchange. 424 was left unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 8.45% to 16.598.

The April delivery of Gold Futures was lower by 0.42%, or 7.90, to $1894.10 per troy ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil fell 0.82 or 0.89% to $90.94 per barrel in March, and April Brent oil fell 0.76 or 0.82% to $92.21 per barrel.

The AUD/USD rose 0.3% to 0.7211 while the AUD/JPY rose by 0.56% and climbed to 83.01.

At 95.743, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.06%.