Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Discretionary and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Seven Group Holdings Ltd (AX:SVW), which rose 7.97% or 1.055 points to trade at 14.285 at the close. Meanwhile, APN Outdoor Group Ltd (AX:APO) added 4.41% or 0.200 points to end at 4.740 and Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (AX:SXL) was up 3.65% or 0.040 points to 1.135 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Australian Agricultural Company Ltd (AX:AAC), which fell 4.06% or 0.055 points to trade at 1.300 at the close. Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (AX:DHG) declined 3.80% or 0.140 points to end at 3.540 and Myob Group Ltd (AX:MYO) was down 3.54% or 0.130 points to 3.540.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 687 to 541 and 347 ended unchanged.
Shares in Seven Group Holdings Ltd (AX:SVW) rose to all time highs; rising 7.97% or 1.055 to 14.285. Shares in Australian Agricultural Company Ltd (AX:AAC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.06% or 0.055 to 1.300. Shares in Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (AX:DHG) fell to all time lows; down 3.80% or 0.140 to 3.540.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 6.56% to 11.569.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 4.54 to $1291.96 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $56.63 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.08 to trade at $62.64 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.09% to 0.7557, while AUD/JPY fell 0.15% to 84.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.91.