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 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Iress Ltd (ASX:IRE), which rose 9.77% or 0.88 points to trade at 9.89 at the close. Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:IFL) added 5.88% or 0.14 points to end at 2.52 and Perenti Global Ltd (ASX:PRN) was up 5.18% or 0.05 points to 1.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included South32 Ltd (ASX:S32), which lost 12.57% or 0.43 points to trade at 2.99 in late trade. Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL) declined 5.44% or 0.18 points to end at 3.13 and Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC) shed 3.73% or 0.31 points to 8.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 692 to 422 and 454 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 4.45% to 12.24 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.17% or 4.15 to $2,403.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.36% or 0.28 to hit $78.92 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.38 to trade at $83.01 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.95% to 104.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 104.01.