Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Financials and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM), which rose 5.10% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.825 at the close. Meanwhile, Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) added 3.75% or 0.048 points to end at 1.312 and Regis Resources Ltd (AX:RRL) was up 2.69% or 0.100 points to 3.820 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY), which fell 6.49% or 0.125 points to trade at 1.800 at the close. APN Outdoor Group Ltd (AX:APO) declined 6.10% or 0.300 points to end at 4.620 and Origin Energy Ltd (AX:ORG) was down 3.78% or 0.270 points to 6.880.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 612 to 454 and 372 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 6.41% to 13.284.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.03% or 0.43 to $1254.47 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $45.80 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.07 to trade at $48.13 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.18% to 0.7929, while AUD/JPY rose 0.14% to 88.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.74.