Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 2.25%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (ASX:SAR), which rose 7.40% or 0.31 points to trade at 4.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Chorus Ltd (ASX:CNU) added 5.59% or 0.34 points to end at 6.42 and Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) was up 5.49% or 0.065 points to 1.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (ASX:RWC), which fell 26.45% or 1.23 points to trade at 3.42 at the close. EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) declined 10.15% or 0.47 points to end at 4.16 and Pinnacle Investment Management Group Ltd (ASX:PNI) was down 8.95% or 0.59 points to 6.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 1067 to 266 and 234 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 26.24% to 15.996 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.08% or 17.75 to $1666.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.29% or 1.22 to hit $52.16 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.43% or 1.41 to trade at $56.53 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.46% to 0.6596, while AUD/JPY fell 0.47% to 73.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 99.502.