Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the IT, Healthcare and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC), which rose 6.14% or 0.47 points to trade at 8.12 at the close. Lend Lease Group (ASX:LLC) added 4.25% or 0.23 points to end at 5.64 and Lynas Rare Earths Ltd (ASX:LYC) was up 4.22% or 0.25 points to 6.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL), which lost 6.31% or 0.07 points to trade at 1.04 in late trade. Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:PME) declined 5.38% or 7.71 points to end at 135.55 and Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) shed 5.18% or 5.20 points to 95.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 577 to 574 and 402 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 2.97% to 11.91 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.13% or 3.10 to $2,336.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.64% or 0.52 to hit $82.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.55 to trade at $85.55 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.04% to 107.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 105.11.