Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the IT, Healthcare and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG), which rose 2.98% or 0.043 points to trade at 1.468 at the close. Bellamys Australia Ltd (AX:BAL) added 2.54% or 0.100 points to end at 4.030 and Northern Star Resources Ltd (AX:NST) was up 2.40% or 0.090 points to 3.840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX), which lost 45.13% or 2.550 points to trade at 3.100 in late trade. Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE) declined 7.02% or 0.335 points to end at 4.435 and Nextdc Ltd (AX:NXT) shed 5.37% or 0.180 points to 3.170.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 689 to 413 and 318 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 7.88% to 13.388.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.37% or 4.40 to $1195.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.39% or 0.21 to hit $52.96 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.25 to trade at $55.45 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7551, while AUD/JPY fell 0.52% to 86.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 100.25.