Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Resources and Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN), which rose 7.39% or 0.085 points to trade at 1.235 at the close. Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) added 3.33% or 0.070 points to end at 2.170 and Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL) was up 2.63% or 0.030 points to 1.170 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bluescope Steel Ltd (ASX:BSL), which lost 7.80% or 0.280 points to trade at 3.310 in late trade. Kathmandu Holdings Ltd (ASX:KMD) declined 6.21% or 0.095 points to end at 1.435 and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) shed 5.77% or 0.105 points to 1.715.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 640 to 282 and 154 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 3.97% to 19.998.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.09% or 1.00 to $1166.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.96% or 0.54 to hit $54.98 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.67 to trade at $59.66 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.09% to 0.7510, while AUD/JPY fell 0.31% to 92.11.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 96.49.