Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Real Estate Investment and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Xero Ltd (AX:XRO), which rose 3.08% or 1.510 points to trade at 50.510 at the close. Lynas Corporation Ltd (AX:LYC) added 2.19% or 0.035 points to end at 1.630 and Eclipx Group Ltd (AX:ECX) was up 1.95% or 0.050 points to 2.620 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nufarm Ltd (AX:NUF), which lost 8.22% or 0.542 points to trade at 6.050 in late trade. Australian Pharma Industries Ltd (AX:API) declined 4.06% or 0.070 points to end at 1.655 and Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (AX:APT) shed 2.84% or 0.510 points to 17.440.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 575 to 505 and 365 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 4.96% to 11.389.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 3.90 to $1192.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.37% or 0.27 to hit $73.52 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.49 to trade at $83.22 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.19% to 0.7208, while AUD/JPY rose 0.01% to 82.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.86.