Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Resources and Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN), which rose 7.39% or 0.085 points to trade at 1.235 at the close. Meanwhile, Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) added 3.33% or 0.070 points to end at 2.170 and Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL) was up 2.63% or 0.030 points to 1.170 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bluescope Steel Ltd (ASX:BSL), which fell 7.80% or 0.280 points to trade at 3.310 at the close. Kathmandu Holdings Ltd (ASX:KMD) declined 6.21% or 0.095 points to end at 1.435 and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) was down 5.77% or 0.105 points to 1.715.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 640 to 282 and 154 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) fell to 5-year lows; losing 5.77% or 0.105 to 1.715.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.97% to 19.998.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1166.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.94% or 0.52 to hit $55.00 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.07% or 0.65 to trade at $59.67 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.07% to 0.7511, while AUD/JPY fell 0.30% to 92.11.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 96.51.