Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Energy and A-REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Speedcast International Ltd (ASX:SDA), which rose 23.87% or 0.185 points to trade at 0.960 at the close. Meanwhile, Western Areas Ltd (ASX:WSA) added 14.11% or 0.350 points to end at 2.830 and Independence Group NL (ASX:IGO) was up 9.56% or 0.520 points to 5.960 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nearmap Ltd (ASX:NEA), which fell 6.59% or 0.180 points to trade at 2.550 at the close. Incitec Pivot Ltd (ASX:IPL) declined 6.23% or 0.200 points to end at 3.010 and Service Stream Ltd (ASX:SSM) was down 4.18% or 0.120 points to 2.750.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 698 to 552 and 363 ended unchanged.
Shares in Western Areas Ltd (ASX:WSA) rose to 52-week highs; up 14.11% or 0.350 to 2.830. Shares in Incitec Pivot Ltd (ASX:IPL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.23% or 0.200 to 3.010. Shares in Independence Group NL (ASX:IGO) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 9.56% or 0.520 to 5.960.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.05% to 14.359.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.85 to $1531.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $55.09 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.16 to trade at $59.09 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.07% to 0.6732, while AUD/JPY rose 0.05% to 71.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 98.780.