Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Gold, Utilities and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which rose 13.38% or 3.120 points to trade at 26.430 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd (ASX:CCL) added 4.86% or 0.530 points to end at 11.430 and Technology One Ltd (ASX:TNE) was up 3.65% or 0.290 points to 8.230 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Smartgroup Corporation Ltd (ASX:SIQ), which fell 13.65% or 1.500 points to trade at 9.490 at the close. Nufarm Ltd (ASX:NUF) declined 5.15% or 0.330 points to end at 6.080 and Invocare Ltd (ASX:IVC) was down 4.56% or 0.630 points to 13.200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 687 to 485 and 320 ended unchanged.
Shares in Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd (ASX:CCL) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.86% or 0.530 to 11.430.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.78% to 10.879.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.24% or 3.55 to $1464.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $57.81 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.07 to trade at $63.23 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.07% to 0.6815, while AUD/JPY rose 0.04% to 74.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 97.795.