Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Materials and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB), which rose 23.68% or 0.760 points to trade at 3.970 at the close. Meanwhile, M2 Telecommunications Group Ltd (ASX:MTU) added 10.45% or 1.090 points to end at 11.520 and Sirius Resources NL (ASX:SIR) was up 6.02% or 0.150 points to 2.640 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN), which fell 10.26% or 0.715 points to trade at 6.255 at the close. Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (ASX:SXL) declined 6.42% or 0.070 points to end at 1.020 and Ainsworth Game Technology Ltd (ASX:AGI) was down 6.41% or 0.180 points to 2.630.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 509 to 485 and 185 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) fell to 3-years lows; falling 10.26% or 0.715 to 6.255. Shares in M2 Telecommunications Group Ltd (ASX:MTU) rose to all time highs; gaining 10.45% or 1.090 to 11.520.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 6.25% to 13.402.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1204.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $51.74 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $58.98 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 1.12% to 0.7596, while AUD/JPY fell 1.04% to 91.46.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 99.78.