Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Energy and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Bluescope Steel Ltd (AX:BSL), which rose 3.94% or 0.480 points to trade at 12.670 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) added 3.78% or 0.068 points to end at 1.853 and Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (AX:TWE) was up 3.70% or 0.440 points to 12.340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Worleyparsons Ltd (AX:WOR), which lost 12.78% or 1.260 points to trade at 8.600 in late trade. Brambles Ltd (AX:BXB) declined 10.66% or 1.120 points to end at 9.390 and Bapcor Ltd (AX:BAP) shed 3.92% or 0.225 points to 5.515.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 644 to 479 and 328 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 5.33% to 11.445.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.30% or 3.75 to $1235.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $53.80 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $55.81 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.21% to 0.7678, while AUD/JPY rose 0.45% to 86.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 100.89.