Australian shares are falling after the close of trading. S&P/ASX 200 down 0.56% from Investing.com

© Reuters Australia Stocks fall after the close of trading. S&P/ASX 200 down 0.56%

Investing.com – Australian shares were lower after the close on Friday.

At the Sydney closing price, it fell 0.56%.

The best performer of the session was EML Payments Ltd (ASX:), up 10.18% or 0.12 points to trade at 1.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Zip Co Ltd (ASX:) added 3.21% or 0.04 points to close at 1.28 and St Barbara Ltd (ASX:) added 3.03% or 0.01 points to 0.17 in late trading.

The worst participants in this session were: Westgold Resources Company (ASX:), which was down 6.80% or 0.17 points to trade at 2.33 at the close. Pilbara Minerals Company (ASX:) was down 5.88% or 0.25 points to close at 3.92 and Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:) was down 5.56% or 0.04 points to close at 0.72.

The number of stocks falling on the Sydney Stock Exchange outnumbered those advancing by 704 to 455, with 362 ending unchanged.

The index measuring the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options rose 3.11 per cent to 11.60.

Gold futures for April delivery rose 0.04%, or 0.90, to $2,168.40 per troy ounce. In other commodities trading, crude oil for April delivery fell 0.21%, or 0.17, to $81.09 per barrel, while the May Brent crude oil contract fell 0.23%, or 0.20%, to $85.22 per barrel.

AUD/USD fell 0.19% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY fell 0.16% to 97.44.

U.S. dollar index futures were up 0.10% at 103.09.