Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, IT and Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were AMP Ltd (AX:AMP), which rose 4.55% or 0.150 points to trade at 3.450 at the close. Meanwhile, GWA Group Ltd (AX:GWA) added 3.26% or 0.105 points to end at 3.325 and Telstra Corporation Ltd. (AX:TLS) was up 2.17% or 0.060 points to 2.820 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sandfire Resources NL (AX:SFR), which fell 9.15% or 0.750 points to trade at 7.450 at the close. Independence Group NL (AX:IGO) declined 6.68% or 0.320 points to end at 4.470 and Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) was down 6.09% or 0.190 points to 2.930.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 648 to 548 and 394 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.34% to 11.985.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.29% or 3.50 to $1219.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.33% or 0.23 to hit $68.92 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.10 to trade at $74.86 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.05% to 0.7396, while AUD/JPY fell 0.06% to 82.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 94.47.