Australia stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, IT and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN), which rose 8.33% or 1.280 points to trade at 16.650 at the close. Meanwhile, Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:RMD) added 5.67% or 1.020 points to end at 19.010 and NRW Holdings Ltd (ASX:NWH) was up 2.07% or 0.050 points to 2.460 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Speedcast International Ltd (ASX:SDA), which fell 8.42% or 0.170 points to trade at 1.850 at the close. IPH Ltd (ASX:IPH) declined 4.93% or 0.400 points to end at 7.710 and G.U.D. Holdings Ltd (ASX:GUD) was down 4.90% or 0.520 points to 10.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 668 to 533 and 380 ended unchanged.
Shares in Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:RMD) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.67% or 1.020 to 19.010.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.33% to 11.037.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.13% or 1.85 to $1416.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.46% or 0.26 to hit $56.28 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.16 to trade at $63.55 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.14% to 0.6940, while AUD/JPY fell 0.17% to 75.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 97.583.
