Australia's sharemarket finished trading with a nearly flat session on Friday, but has held onto some of the gains that took it to new all-time highs this week.
The S&P/ASX200 slipped 6.2 points on Friday, down 0.07 per cent to 9,026.6, as the broader All Ordinaries fell 4.7 points, or 0.05 per cent, to 9,324.4.
But the S&P/ASX200 ended the week roughly 0.3 per cent higher, after notching a best-ever close of 9,063 on Tuesday on the back of a mining sector rally.
Six of 11 local sectors moved higher on Friday, led by a 1.3 per cent lift in IT stocks, while weaker banking stocks and a continued sell-off in gold stocks weighed on indexes.
The Australian dollar was buying US65.02c on Friday afternoon, up slightly from US64.92c on Thursday at 5pm, after staying within a tight range against the greenback all week.
