Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Discretionary and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN), which rose 9.18% or 0.180 points to trade at 2.140 at the close. Meanwhile, Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) added 7.00% or 0.175 points to end at 2.675 and Independence Group NL (AX:IGO) was up 5.23% or 0.160 points to 3.220 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX), which fell 4.26% or 0.285 points to trade at 6.405 at the close. Westpac Banking Corporation (AX:WBC) declined 3.61% or 1.120 points to end at 29.930 and Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (AX:TAH) was down 3.61% or 0.160 points to 4.270.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 548 to 521 and 331 ended unchanged.
Shares in Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN) rose to 3-years highs; up 9.18% or 0.180 to 2.140.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.66% to 18.039.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.40% or 5.20 to $1295.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.96% or 0.44 to hit $45.48 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.14% or 0.54 to trade at $46.83 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.01% to 0.7603, while AUD/JPY rose 0.11% to 81.00.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 92.96.