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 Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.34%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Service Stream Ltd (ASX:SSM), which rose 4.94% or 0.130 points to trade at 2.760 at the close. Meanwhile, Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:PME) added 4.38% or 1.05 points to end at 25.05 and Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) was up 3.70% or 0.025 points to 0.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Worleyparsons Ltd (ASX:WOR), which fell 8.46% or 1.29 points to trade at 13.95 at the close. Oil Search Ltd (ASX:OSH) declined 6.91% or 0.500 points to end at 6.740 and Idp Education Ltd (ASX:IEL) was down 6.70% or 1.19 points to 16.58.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 1023 to 248 and 250 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 15.30% to 15.873 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.19% or 3.05 to $1584.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $51.45 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.43 to trade at $56.19 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.10% to 0.6698, while AUD/JPY rose 0.26% to 72.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.310.