Australia shares decrease at shut of commerce; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.64%

Investing.com – Australia shares have been decrease after the shut on Friday, as losses within the Power, Client Discretionary and Gold sectors led shares decrease.

On the shut in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 misplaced 0.64%.

The perfect performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 have been Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN), which rose 4.97% or 0.27 factors to commerce at 5.70 on the shut. In the meantime, 9 Leisure Co Holdings Ltd (ASX:NEC) added 2.40% or 0.03 factors to finish at 1.28 and Bapcor Ltd (ASX:BAP) was up 2.18% or 0.10 factors to 4.68 in late commerce.

The worst performers of the session have been Iluka Assets Ltd (ASX:ILU), which fell 10.04% or 0.55 factors to commerce at 4.93 on the shut. Magellan Monetary Group Ltd (ASX:MFG) declined 8.87% or 1.06 factors to finish at 10.89 and Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) was down 7.37% or 0.25 factors to three.14.

Falling shares outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Inventory Trade by 596 to 425 and 396 ended unchanged.

Shares in Iluka Assets Ltd (ASX:ILU) fell to 3-years lows; falling 10.04% or 0.55 to 4.93.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 choices, was down 0.28% to 10.12.

Gold Futures for February supply was up 0.58% or 15.46 to $2,663.86 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities buying and selling, Crude oil for supply in January unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $68.30 a barrel, whereas the February Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.06 to commerce at $72.03 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 0.64, whereas AUD/JPY fell 0.42% to 96.43.

The US Greenback Index Futures was up 0.11% at 105.82.