Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the declined 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the were Iress Ltd (ASX:), which rose 9.77% or 0.88 points to trade at 9.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:) added 5.88% or 0.14 points to end at 2.52 and Perenti Global Ltd (ASX:) was up 5.18% or 0.05 points to 1.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were South32 Ltd (ASX:), which fell 12.57% or 0.43 points to trade at 2.99 at the close. Nuix Ltd (ASX:) declined 5.44% or 0.18 points to end at 3.13 and Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:) was down 3.73% or 0.31 points to 8.01.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 692 to 422 and 454 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 4.45% to 12.24 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.19% or 4.65 to $2,403.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.37% or 0.29 to hit $78.93 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.37 to trade at $83.00 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.91% to 104.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 104.01.
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