Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Bluescope Steel Ltd (AX:BSL), which rose 10.57% or 0.430 points to trade at 4.500 at the close. Meanwhile, OZ Minerals Ltd (AX:OZL) added 6.00% or 0.250 points to end at 4.420 and Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (AX:LNG) was up 3.69% or 0.060 points to 1.685 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arrium Ltd (AX:ARI), which fell 4.35% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.110 at the close. BT Investment Management Ltd (AX:BTT) declined 3.28% or 0.350 points to end at 10.310 and Origin Energy Ltd (AX:ORG) was down 2.82% or 0.170 points to 5.850.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 549 to 502 and 122 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.23% to 17.388.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.40 to $1164.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.03% or 0.01 to hit $44.62 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $47.99 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.40% to 0.7255, while AUD/JPY rose 0.20% to 87.87.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 97.05.