Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Resources and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Ioof Holdings Ltd (AX:IFL), which rose 4.65% or 0.390 points to trade at 8.780 at the close. Meanwhile, Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) added 4.18% or 0.050 points to end at 1.245 and Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) was up 4.13% or 0.130 points to 3.280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nextdc Ltd (AX:NXT), which fell 4.50% or 0.150 points to trade at 3.180 at the close. Amcor Ltd (AX:AMC) declined 3.74% or 0.560 points to end at 14.420 and Oil Search Ltd (AX:OSH) was down 3.03% or 0.210 points to 6.730.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 550 to 508 and 349 ended unchanged.
Shares in Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.13% or 0.130 to 3.280.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.70% to 12.352.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.24% or 14.60 to $1193.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.39% or 0.18 to hit $45.88 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.19 to trade at $48.05 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.40% to 0.7474, while AUD/JPY fell 0.85% to 83.56.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.60% at 100.87.