Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Resources and Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Paladin Energy Ltd (ASX:PDN), which rose 7.32% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.220 at the close. Meanwhile, Cochlear Ltd (ASX:COH) added 6.35% or 5.050 points to end at 84.570 and Mcmillan Shakespeare Ltd (ASX:MMS) was up 4.42% or 0.520 points to 12.290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bradken Ltd (ASX:BKN), which fell 7.85% or 0.095 points to trade at 1.115 at the close. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) declined 4.96% or 0.090 points to end at 1.725 and Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (ASX:LNG) was down 4.63% or 0.180 points to 3.710.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 486 to 428 and 181 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bradken Ltd (ASX:BKN) fell to all time lows; losing 7.85% or 0.095 to 1.115.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.86% to 21.073.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.19% or 2.20 to $1160.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.46% or 0.77 to hit $51.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.72% or 1.01 to trade at $57.98 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.15% to 0.7455, while AUD/JPY rose 0.38% to 91.70.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 95.83.