Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX:SUL), which rose 6.01% or 0.95 points to trade at 16.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Elders Ltd (ASX:ELD) added 4.77% or 0.38 points to end at 8.34 and Premier Investments Ltd (ASX:PMV) was up 4.15% or 1.11 points to 27.83 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL), which fell 6.28% or 0.12 points to trade at 1.72 at the close. Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) declined 5.80% or 0.08 points to end at 1.30 and IGO Ltd (ASX:IGO) was down 5.09% or 0.41 points to 7.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 647 to 573 and 415 ended unchanged.
Shares in Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX:SUL) rose to all time highs; rising 6.01% or 0.95 to 16.76. Shares in Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) fell to 5-year lows; losing 5.80% or 0.08 to 1.30.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 2.77% to 10.93.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.31% or 6.45 to $2,058.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $72.90 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.18 to trade at $78.47 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.15% to 97.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 102.12.