Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the IT, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR), which rose 10.08% or 0.370 points to trade at 4.040 at the close. Meanwhile, BT Investment Management Ltd (AX:BTT) added 3.64% or 0.380 points to end at 10.810 and Asaleo Care (AX:AHY) was up 3.29% or 0.050 points to 1.570 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Iress Ltd (AX:IRE), which fell 4.95% or 0.570 points to trade at 10.950 at the close. ANZ Banking Group (AX:ANZ) declined 2.84% or 0.860 points to end at 29.470 and Infigen Energy (AX:IFN) was down 2.82% or 0.020 points to 0.690.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 664 to 597 and 348 ended unchanged.
Shares in Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 10.08% or 0.370 to 4.040. Shares in Infigen Energy (AX:IFN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.82% or 0.020 to 0.690.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.89% to 12.313.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.45 to $1276.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $56.81 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $63.57 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7661, while AUD/JPY rose 0.09% to 87.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.42.