Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms Services and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Reliance Worldwide Corporation (Aust) Pty Ltd (AX:RWC), which rose 8.93% or 0.300 points to trade at 3.660 at the close. Australian Agricultural Company Ltd (AX:AAC) added 4.15% or 0.065 points to end at 1.630 and Sims Metal Management Ltd (AX:SGM) was up 4.07% or 0.600 points to 15.350 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Japara Healthcare Ltd (AX:JHC), which lost 13.37% or 0.270 points to trade at 1.750 in late trade. Regis Healthcare Ltd (AX:REG) declined 6.78% or 0.250 points to end at 3.440 and Chorus Ltd (AX:CNU) shed 6.15% or 0.260 points to 3.970.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 651 to 512 and 389 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 4.48% to 12.691.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.27% or 3.48 to $1301.38 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.81% or 0.39 to hit $47.48 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.05 to trade at $52.03 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.13% to 0.7944, while AUD/JPY fell 0.01% to 86.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 92.43.