Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Discretionary and A-REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Netwealth Group Ltd (ASX:NWL), which rose 5.33% or 0.64 points to trade at 12.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Viva Energy Group Ltd (ASX:VEA) added 4.97% or 0.080 points to end at 1.690 and Ampol Ltd (ASX:ALD) was up 4.79% or 1.26 points to 27.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:MND), which fell 10.33% or 0.92 points to trade at 7.99 at the close. Credit Corp Group Ltd (ASX:CCP) declined 8.69% or 1.65 points to end at 17.33 and NRW Holdings Ltd (ASX:NWH) was down 7.90% or 0.14 points to 1.69.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 731 to 510 and 326 ended unchanged.
Shares in Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:MND) fell to 3-years lows; down 10.33% or 0.92 to 7.99.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.75% to 21.376.
Gold Futures for October delivery was up 0.32% or 6.25 to $1980.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.82% or 0.33 to hit $39.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.28 to trade at $43.24 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.29% to 0.7121, while AUD/JPY fell 0.25% to 75.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 93.582.