Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, A-REITs and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Regis Healthcare Ltd (AX:REG), which rose 3.31% or 0.110 points to trade at 3.430 at the close. Meanwhile, A2 Milk Company Ltd (AX:A2M) added 3.16% or 0.175 points to end at 5.705 and Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) was up 2.60% or 0.065 points to 2.565 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chorus Ltd (AX:CNU), which fell 4.84% or 0.180 points to trade at 3.540 at the close. Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM) declined 5.17% or 0.038 points to end at 0.688 and Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE) was down 4.66% or 0.205 points to 4.195.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 581 to 565 and 381 ended unchanged.
Shares in A2 Milk Company Ltd (AX:A2M) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.16% or 0.175 to 5.705.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.36% to 12.300.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.35 to $1296.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $56.40 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.14% to 0.7965, while AUD/JPY rose 0.27% to 89.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 92.04.