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 3.70% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the were Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:), which rose 2.89% or 0.92 points to trade at 32.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:) added 2.14% or 0.06 points to end at 2.87 and Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:) was up 0.98% or 0.29 points to 29.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Appen Ltd (ASX:), which fell 15.69% or 0.12 points to trade at 0.65 at the close. Zip Co Ltd (ASX:) declined 10.74% or 0.20 points to end at 1.68 and Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:) was down 8.85% or 8.18 points to 84.22.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 1121 to 132 and 351 ended unchanged.
Shares in Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 2.14% or 0.06 to 2.87.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 44.43% to 18.84 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.75 to $2,469.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.22% or 0.90 to hit $72.62 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.86 to trade at $75.95 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 1.40% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY fell 4.18% to 91.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 102.81.
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