Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

After the Sydney closing, the index fell by 0.54% and reached a new one-month low.

These were the best performers of the session Hub24 Ltd (ASX): traded at 29.09 in the closing at 4.75%, or 1.32 points. Bapcor Ltd. (ASX 🙂 gained 4.59% (or 0.31 points) to trade at 7.07, while Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd. was up 4.09% (or 5.11 points) to 130.17 by late trade.

They were also the session’s worst performers Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX) fell 6.9%, or 0.31 point to close at 4.70. EML Payments Ltd.(ASX:), fell 5.51% or 0.20 to trade at 3.43. Vicinity Centres Re Ltd. was down 4.78% (0.085 to 1.695).

On the Sydney Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered those in progress by 1026 to 473, and 374 at the end of each day.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 17.20% to 15.428 a new 1-month high.

For February delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.52% to $1797.40 per troy an ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil delivery for January increased 4.80%, or 3.27, to reach $71.42 per barrel. Meanwhile, the February Brent oil contract rose 3.10 or 4.33% to trade at $74.69 per barrel.

The AUD/USD rose 0.3% to 0.7146 while the AUD/JPY increased 0.53% at 81.03.

At 96.310, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.2%.