Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the A-REITs, Utilities and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Speedcast International Ltd (ASX:SDA), which rose 6.39% or 0.115 points to trade at 1.915 at the close. Meanwhile, Costa Group Holdings Ltd (ASX:CGC) added 3.18% or 0.130 points to end at 4.220 and Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:CUV) was up 2.34% or 0.780 points to 34.170 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were G8 Education Ltd (ASX:GEM), which fell 9.77% or 0.300 points to trade at 2.770 at the close. Eclipx Group Ltd (ASX:ECX) declined 4.84% or 0.075 points to end at 1.475 and Hub24 Ltd (ASX:HUB) was down 3.85% or 0.450 points to 11.250.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 660 to 542 and 385 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 14.57% to 11.772.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.45% or 6.25 to $1406.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $57.59 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.11 to trade at $64.34 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.06% to 0.6984, while AUD/JPY fell 0.01% to 75.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.850.