Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the IT, Financials and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 3.70% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:RMD), which rose 2.89% or 0.92 points to trade at 32.72 at the close. Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) added 2.14% or 0.06 points to end at 2.87 and Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) was up 0.98% or 0.29 points to 29.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which lost 15.69% or 0.12 points to trade at 0.65 in late trade. Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) declined 10.74% or 0.20 points to end at 1.68 and Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) shed 8.85% or 8.18 points to 84.22.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1121 to 132 and 351 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 44.43% to 18.84 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.00% or 0.10 to $2,469.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.07% or 0.79 to hit $72.73 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.98% or 0.75 to trade at $76.06 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 1.33% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY fell 4.04% to 91.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 102.79.