© Reuters Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.13%
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 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the were Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:), which rose 12.50% or 0.25 points to trade at 2.20 at the close. Meanwhile, St Barbara Ltd (ASX:) added 6.90% or 0.01 points to end at 0.16 and Gold Road Resources Ltd (ASX:) was up 6.73% or 0.10 points to 1.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Austal Ltd (ASX:), which fell 4.66% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.95 at the close. EML Payments Ltd (ASX:) declined 3.63% or 0.04 points to end at 0.93 and Healius Ltd (ASX:) was down 3.42% or 0.04 points to 1.13.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 636 to 621 and 352 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.16% to 11.18.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.29% or 6.15 to $2,089.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $79.84 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $83.52 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY rose 0.04% to 97.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 103.80.
