Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the IT, Telecoms Services and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM), which rose 5.11% or 0.160 points to trade at 3.290 at the close. Meanwhile, Eclipx Group Ltd (ASX:ECX) added 4.04% or 0.060 points to end at 1.545 and Western Areas Ltd (ASX:WSA) was up 3.94% or 0.080 points to 2.110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AMP Ltd (ASX:AMP), which fell 14.88% or 0.320 points to trade at 1.830 at the close. Perpetual Ltd (ASX:PPT) declined 4.97% or 2.190 points to end at 41.860 and Carsales.Com Ltd (ASX:CAR) was down 3.97% or 0.570 points to 13.780.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 673 to 506 and 370 ended unchanged.
Shares in AMP Ltd (ASX:AMP) fell to all time lows; losing 14.88% or 0.320 to 1.830.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 5.32% to 11.423.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.27% or 3.85 to $1416.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.25% or 0.15 to hit $60.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $66.72 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.20% to 0.7031, while AUD/JPY rose 0.34% to 75.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 96.453.
