Investing.com – Australia’s stock market was lower at the close on Friday, as sector losses led to lower stocks.

At the close in Sydney it lost 0.20%.

The best performers of the session were: Megaport circumscribed liability company (ASX:), which increased by 10.10%, or 0.69 points, to reach 7.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:) rose 6.49% or 0.27 points to close at 4.43 and Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:) rose 3.79% or 0.05 points to 1.37 at the end of the session.

They performed the worst during the session Rea Group circumscribed liability company (ASX:), which fell 2.71%, or 6.42 points, to close at 230.12. TPG Telecom circumscribed liability company (ASX:) fell 2.39%, or 0.11 points, to close at 4.49, and JB Hi-Fi Ltd (ASX:) fell 2.15%, or 2.02 points, to 92.09.

Share gains outweighed declines on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 585 to 465, with 461 ending unchanged.

Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:) shares surge to three-year highs; increasing by 6.49%, i.e. from 0.27 to 4.43.

The index measuring the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options fell 1.55% to 10.93.

Gold futures for February delivery fell 0.28%, or 7.58, to $2,743.32 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, the price of crude oil for March delivery rose 0.81%, or 0.63, to $78.48 a barrel, while the March Brent crude contract rose 0.68%, or 0.55, reaching a price of $81.84 per barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.62, while AUD/JPY rose 0.12% to 96.49.

U.S. Dollar Index futures rose 0.09% to 108.92.