Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.46%

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 0.46%.

The best performers of the session on the were Bega Cheese Ltd (ASX:), which rose 4.38% or 0.180 points to trade at 4.290 at the close. Meanwhile, Invocare Ltd (ASX:) added 3.50% or 0.460 points to end at 13.610 and Xero Ltd (ASX:) was up 3.43% or 2.760 points to 83.230 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Jumbo Interactive Ltd (ASX:), which fell 6.93% or 1.090 points to trade at 14.650 at the close. Nearmap Ltd (ASX:) declined 6.02% or 0.160 points to end at 2.500 and Orocobre Ltd (ASX:) was down 4.04% or 0.110 points to 2.610.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 602 to 487 and 329 ended unchanged.

Shares in Xero Ltd (ASX:) rose to all time highs; rising 3.43% or 2.760 to 83.230.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.92% to 10.962.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.42% or 6.20 to $1487.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.46% or 0.28 to hit $60.16 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.24 to trade at $65.90 a barrel.

AUD/USD was up 0.13% to 0.6907, while AUD/JPY rose 0.15% to 75.58.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.215.

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