Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the IT, Energy and Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nanosonics Ltd (ASX:NAN), which rose 2.77% or 0.08 points to trade at 2.97 at the close. GUD Holdings Ltd (ASX:GUD) added 2.31% or 0.24 points to end at 10.63 and ASX Ltd (ASX:ASX) was up 2.43% or 1.37 points to 57.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG), which lost 3.92% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.49 in late trade. A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:A2M) declined 3.86% or 0.27 points to end at 6.72 and Seven Group Holdings Ltd (ASX:SVW) shed 4.44% or 1.75 points to 37.69.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 724 to 432 and 524 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 3.84% to 11.13.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.78% or 18.25 to $2,330.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.46% or 0.36 to hit $77.69 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.52% or 0.43 to trade at $82.19 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY fell 0.18% to 103.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 105.25.