Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the IT, Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Regis Resources Ltd (AX:RRL), which rose 3.00% or 0.130 points to trade at 4.470 at the close. Meanwhile, Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (AX:DHG) added 2.83% or 0.080 points to end at 2.910 and Vocus Group Ltd (AX:VOC) was up 2.03% or 0.080 points to 4.030 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cimic Group Ltd (AX:CIM), which fell 7.07% or 3.540 points to trade at 46.500 at the close. Bellamys Australia Ltd (AX:BAL) declined 6.99% or 0.730 points to end at 9.720 and Emeco Holdings Ltd (AX:EHL) was down 6.76% or 0.140 points to 1.930.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 836 to 376 and 351 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vocus Group Ltd (AX:VOC) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.03% or 0.080 to 4.030.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 19.27% to 14.103 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.18% or 2.25 to $1283.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.24% or 1.39 to hit $60.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.15% or 1.52 to trade at $69.33 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.49% to 0.6988, while AUD/JPY rose 0.19% to 77.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.333.
