Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Resources and Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 2.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Premier Investments Ltd (ASX:PMV), which rose 9.58% or 1.130 points to trade at 12.920 at the close. TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX:TPM) added 2.95% or 0.300 points to end at 10.480 and Kathmandu Holdings Ltd (ASX:KMD) was up 1.90% or 0.025 points to 1.340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Karoon Gas Australia Ltd (ASX:KAR), which lost 6.77% or 0.130 points to trade at 1.790 in late trade. Pacific Brands Ltd (ASX:PBG) declined 5.88% or 0.040 points to end at 0.640 and Seven Group Holdings Ltd (ASX:SVW) shed 5.77% or 0.290 points to 4.740.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 615 to 333 and 156 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 13.57% to 26.488.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.08% or 0.90 to $1138.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.51% or 0.68 to hit $45.70 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.22% or 0.58 to trade at $48.05 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.18% to 0.7175, while AUD/JPY fell 0.21% to 86.06.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 95.31.