Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Resources and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN), which rose 6.12% or 0.33 points to trade at 5.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Medibank Private Ltd (ASX:MPL) added 3.58% or 0.12 points to end at 3.47 and Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV) was up 2.84% or 0.05 points to 1.63 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX), which fell 6.32% or 0.11 points to trade at 1.63 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) declined 5.68% or 0.03 points to end at 0.41 and IGO Ltd (ASX:IGO) was down 4.47% or 0.72 points to 15.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 674 to 575 and 451 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.12% or 0.33 to 5.72.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.23% to 11.83.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.23% or 4.55 to $1,959.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.59% or 1.20 to hit $74.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.62% or 1.29 to trade at $78.58 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY fell 0.73% to 94.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 99.52.