(MENAFN- FxPro) Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Energy, Resources and Metals&Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Arrium Ltd (ASX:ARI), which rose 4.17% or 0.005 points to trade at 0.125 at the close. Meanwhile, Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) added 3.69% or 0.200 points to end at 5.620 and Corp Trav F (ASX:CTD) was up 3.45% or 0.370 points to 11.080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were UGL Ltd (ASX:UGL), which fell 8.31% or 0.165 points to trade at 1.820 at the close. Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:MND) declined 6.43% or 0.550 points to end at 8.000 and Independence Group NL (ASX:IGO) was down 5.82% or 0.220 points to 3.560.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 541 to 434 and 173 ended unchanged.
Shares in Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:MND) fell to 5-year lows; falling 6.43% or 0.550 to 8.000.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 4.95% to 15.269.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.15% or 1.60 to $1096.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.90% or 0.42 to hit $46.70 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.47 to trade at $51.73 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.14% to 0.7298, while AUD/JPY fell 0.01% to 90.52.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 97.29.
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