Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the IT, Gold and A-REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN), which rose 6.56% or 0.80 points to trade at 13.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Woolworths Ltd (ASX:WOW) added 2.91% or 1.070 points to end at 37.850 and AP Eagers Ltd (ASX:APE) was up 2.24% or 0.36 points to 16.42 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX:APT), which fell 7.52% or 9.70 points to trade at 119.30 at the close. Gold Road Resources Ltd (ASX:GOR) declined 7.39% or 0.105 points to end at 1.315 and Zip Co Ltd (ASX:Z1P) was down 7.05% or 0.58 points to 7.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 882 to 514 and 405 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 7.17% to 12.046.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.34% or 6.05 to $1783.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $74.02 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.21% or 0.16 to trade at $75.22 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.7593, while AUD/JPY rose 0.02% to 84.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 91.718.