© Reuters Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.03%
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 fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the were Austal Ltd (ASX:), which rose 7.20% or 0.13 points to trade at 1.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:) added 6.18% or 0.06 points to end at 0.94 and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:) was up 2.96% or 0.11 points to 3.83 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:), which fell 4.40% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.30 at the close. Abacus Property Group (ASX:) declined 3.73% or 0.05 points to end at 1.16 and St Barbara Ltd (ASX:) was down 2.44% or 0.01 points to 0.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 16 to 9 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.40% or 0.06 to 1.30.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.74% to 9.80.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.64% or 13.20 to $2,064.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.54% or 0.40 to hit $73.49 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.21 to trade at $78.80 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY fell 0.24% to 96.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 101.36.