Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Emeco Holdings Ltd (ASX:EHL), which rose 12.46% or 0.220 points to trade at 1.985 at the close. Nanosonics Ltd (ASX:NAN) added 8.72% or 0.430 points to end at 5.360 and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) was up 5.71% or 0.570 points to 10.550 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vocus Group Ltd (ASX:VOC), which lost 24.54% or 1.070 points to trade at 3.290 in late trade. Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) declined 9.93% or 0.070 points to end at 0.635 and Challenger Ltd (ASX:CGF) shed 8.49% or 0.590 points to 6.360.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 692 to 510 and 421 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 0.37% to 13.496.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.16% or 2.15 to $1342.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $52.80 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.14 to trade at $62.15 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.6875, while AUD/JPY rose 0.15% to 74.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.055.