Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Gold, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML), which rose 6.10% or 0.15 points to trade at 2.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) added 4.99% or 0.10 points to end at 2.00 and AP Eagers Ltd (ASX:APE) was up 3.35% or 0.42 points to 12.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:CUV), which fell 4.93% or 0.98 points to trade at 18.89 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) declined 4.41% or 0.02 points to end at 0.32 and Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX:MFG) was down 4.32% or 0.68 points to 15.06.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 713 to 700 and 376 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 6.74% to 16.54.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.21% or 4.00 to $1,925.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.97% or 4.09 to hit $107.18 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 3.55% or 3.83 to trade at $111.76 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 0.74, while AUD/JPY fell 0.25% to 88.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 98.27.