Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Vocus Group Ltd (AX:VOC), which rose 4.69% or 0.130 points to trade at 2.900 at the close. Costa Group Holdings Ltd (AX:CGC) added 3.67% or 0.170 points to end at 4.800 and Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX) was up 3.56% or 0.150 points to 4.360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Retail Food Group Ltd (AX:RFG), which lost 11.49% or 0.600 points to trade at 4.620 in late trade. Metcash Ltd (AX:MTS) declined 6.02% or 0.130 points to end at 2.030 and Asaleo Care (AX:AHY) shed 5.41% or 0.080 points to 1.400.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 593 to 499 and 341 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 4.83% to 12.093.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 2.11 to $1282.31 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.17% or 0.56 to hit $48.22 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.57 to trade at $50.52 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.28% to 0.7463, while AUD/JPY rose 0.49% to 82.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.75.