Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Gold, Financials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Altium Ltd (AX:ALU), which rose 4.22% or 0.190 points to trade at 4.690 at the close. Meanwhile, Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (AX:SXL) added 4.08% or 0.040 points to end at 1.020 and G8 Education Ltd (AX:GEM) was up 3.67% or 0.110 points to 3.110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GWA Group Ltd (AX:GWA), which fell 16.94% or 0.420 points to trade at 2.060 at the close. Flexigroup Ltd (AX:FXL) declined 6.86% or 0.210 points to end at 2.850 and Cabcharge Australia Ltd (AX:CAB) was down 5.32% or 0.150 points to 2.670.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 602 to 383 and 109 ended unchanged.
Shares in GWA Group Ltd (AX:GWA) fell to 52-week lows; down 16.94% or 0.420 to 2.060. Shares in Cabcharge Australia Ltd (AX:CAB) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.32% or 0.150 to 2.670.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 9.90% to 21.088.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.40 to $1141.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.44% or 0.20 to hit $46.38 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.14 to trade at $49.60 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.08% to 0.7142, while AUD/JPY fell 0.08% to 86.00.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 96.86.