Australia shares decrease at shut of commerce; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.42%

Investing.com – Australia shares had been decrease after the shut on Friday, as losses within the Financials, Shopper Staples and Healthcare sectors led shares decrease.

On the shut in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.42%.

One of the best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 had been St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM), which rose 12.00% or 0.03 factors to commerce at 0.28 on the shut. In the meantime, Sims Metallic Administration Ltd (ASX:SGM) added 6.18% or 0.78 factors to finish at 13.40 and Iluka Assets Ltd (ASX:ILU) was up 5.25% or 0.27 factors to five.41 in late commerce.

The worst performers of the session had been Skycity Leisure Group Ltd (ASX:SKC), which fell 3.01% or 0.04 factors to commerce at 1.29 on the shut. Downer Edi Ltd (ASX:DOW) declined 2.27% or 0.12 factors to finish at 5.17 and Area Holdings Australia Ltd (ASX:DHG) was down 2.26% or 0.06 factors to 2.59.

Falling shares outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Inventory Alternate by 531 to 488 and 463 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 choices, was up 4.27% to 11.17.

Gold Futures for February supply was up 0.27% or 7.17 to $2,697.97 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities buying and selling, Crude oil for supply in February rose 0.55% or 0.41 to hit $74.33 a barrel, whereas the March Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.41 to commerce at $77.33 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.62, whereas AUD/JPY rose 0.14% to 98.12.

The US Greenback Index Futures was up 0.11% at 109.12.