Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN), which rose 9.44% or 0.185 points to trade at 2.145 at the close. Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) added 7.20% or 0.180 points to end at 2.680 and Independence Group NL (AX:IGO) was up 5.23% or 0.160 points to 3.220 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX), which lost 4.26% or 0.285 points to trade at 6.405 in late trade. Westpac Banking Corporation (AX:WBC) declined 3.61% or 1.120 points to end at 29.930 and Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (AX:TAH) shed 3.61% or 0.160 points to 4.270.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 548 to 521 and 330 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 1.67% to 18.042.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.42% or 5.45 to $1295.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.96% or 0.44 to hit $45.48 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.14% or 0.54 to trade at $46.83 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7602, while AUD/JPY rose 0.09% to 80.98.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 92.95.