Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, IT and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG), which rose 10.34% or 0.165 points to trade at 1.760 at the close. Meanwhile, Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (ASX:SAR) added 9.51% or 0.330 points to end at 3.800 and Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) was up 9.00% or 0.440 points to 5.330 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boral Ltd. (ASX:BLD), which fell 19.35% or 0.960 points to trade at 4.000 at the close. G8 Education Ltd (ASX:GEM) declined 16.06% or 0.440 points to end at 2.300 and Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (ASX:MYX) was down 8.57% or 0.045 points to 0.480.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 805 to 388 and 337 ended unchanged.
Shares in Boral Ltd. (ASX:BLD) fell to 5-year lows; falling 19.35% or 0.960 to 4.000.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 15.80% to 17.176.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.93% or 14.35 to $1551.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.13% or 0.61 to hit $53.56 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.88% or 0.52 to trade at $58.28 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.23% to 0.6738, while AUD/JPY fell 0.07% to 70.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.542.