Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Resources and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 1.38% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Myob Group Ltd (AX:MYO), which rose 19.13% or 0.570 points to trade at 3.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Lynas Corporation Ltd (AX:LYC) added 2.80% or 0.050 points to end at 1.835 and Super Retail Group Ltd (AX:SUL) was up 2.29% or 0.200 points to 8.930 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alumina Ltd (AX:AWC), which fell 6.89% or 0.210 points to trade at 2.840 at the close. Beach Energy Ltd (AX:BPT) declined 5.92% or 0.125 points to end at 1.985 and Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (AX:APT) was down 5.48% or 0.970 points to 16.730.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 789 to 373 and 371 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 23.25% to 14.089.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 5.20 to $1200.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.65% or 0.48 to hit $73.86 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.86% or 0.72 to trade at $83.44 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.11% to 0.7061, while AUD/JPY rose 0.20% to 80.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 95.40.