Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the A-REITs, Energy and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 1.51%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX:FPH), which rose 6.88% or 2.04 points to trade at 31.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Avita Medical (ASX:AVHDA) added 4.61% or 0.360 points to end at 8.170 and Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) was up 4.11% or 0.22 points to 5.57 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jumbo Interactive Ltd (ASX:JIN), which fell 13.23% or 1.51 points to trade at 9.90 at the close. NRW Holdings Ltd (ASX:NWH) declined 9.81% or 0.18 points to end at 1.70 and Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) was down 8.55% or 1.85 points to 19.79.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 908 to 430 and 320 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX:FPH) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.88% or 2.04 to 31.67.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 5.35% to 22.837.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.38% or 6.75 to $1787.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.00% or 0.77 to hit $37.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.78% or 0.73 to trade at $40.20 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.31% to 0.6882, while AUD/JPY rose 0.25% to 73.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 97.172.