Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Resources and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:MND), which rose 5.05% or 0.46 points to trade at 9.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Iinet Ltd (ASX:IIN) added 4.00% or 0.340 points to end at 8.840 and Asaleo Care (ASX:AHY) was up 4.46% or 0.07 points to 1.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Senex Energy Ltd (ASX:SXY), which fell 7.46% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.310 at the close. Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL) declined 7.00% or 0.090 points to end at 1.195 and Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd (ASX:MRM) was down 6.63% or 0.055 points to 0.775.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 334 to 239 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Iinet Ltd (ASX:IIN) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.00% or 0.340 to 8.840. Shares in Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd (ASX:MRM) fell to 3-year lows; losing 6.63% or 0.055 to 0.775.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.07% to 14.652.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.80% or 9.20 to $1161.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in May fell 0.82% or 0.39 to hit $46.67 a barrel, while the May Brent Oil contract fell 0.72% or 0.40 to trade at $54.62 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.20% to 0.7650, while AUD/JPY fell 0.01% to 92.69.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 100.37.