ASX 200 closed down 0.56 per cent on Friday

Sky News Business Reporter Ed Boyd says the ASX 200 opened lower on Friday morning, down about 1.2 per cent, before finishing the day down 0.56 per cent. After hitting a record high last Friday, the ASX 200 finished this week down 2.25 per cent. Top performers included payments company EML, which jumped 11.5 per cent after announcing the sale of its unprofitable Sentenial business unit for around $54 million. Oil companies performed strongly after the oil price surged to its highest level this calendar year. Beach Energy was the best of the bunch, up 2.72 per cent.