Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Real Estate Investment and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Regis Healthcare Ltd (AX:REG), which rose 3.31% or 0.110 points to trade at 3.430 at the close. A2 Milk Company Ltd (AX:A2M) added 3.25% or 0.180 points to end at 5.710 and Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) was up 2.60% or 0.065 points to 2.565 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chorus Ltd (AX:CNU), which lost 4.84% or 0.180 points to trade at 3.540 in late trade. Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM) declined 5.17% or 0.038 points to end at 0.688 and Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE) shed 4.66% or 0.205 points to 4.195.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 578 to 568 and 381 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 down 4.46% to 12.288.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.35 to $1296.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $50.61 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $56.40 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.14% to 0.7965, while AUD/JPY rose 0.28% to 89.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 92.04.