Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Materials and Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP), which rose 5.45% or 0.09 points to trade at 1.74 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) added 5.00% or 0.03 points to end at 0.63 and St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) was up 4.76% or 0.01 points to 0.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:CUV), which lost 10.13% or 1.76 points to trade at 15.62 in late trade. EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) declined 4.64% or 0.05 points to end at 0.93 and IGO Ltd (ASX:IGO) shed 4.05% or 0.24 points to 5.69.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 624 to 498 and 446 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 3.70% to 11.58.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.33% or 7.85 to $2,389.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.53% or 0.44 to hit $82.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.35 to trade at $86.19 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.09% to 108.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.69.