Australian shares fall at the close; The S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.32% by Investing.com

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, it lost 0.32%.

The best performers of the session on the were Appen Ltd (ASX: ) which was up 14.35% or 0.16 points to trade at 1.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX: ) added 12.75% or 0.07 points to end at 0.57 and ARB Corporation Ltd (ASX: ) was up 6.70% or 2.67 points to 42.52 at the end of the transaction.

The worst performers of the session were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX: ), which declined 9.57% or 0.10 points to trade at 0.95 at the close. Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX: ) was down 7.52% or 1.37 points to 16.86 and Steadfast Group Ltd (ASX: ) was down 6.14% or 0.39 points to end at 5 ,96.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 661 to 422, with 448 ending unchanged.

Shares in Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:) rose to 52-week highs; up 12.75% or 0.07 to 0.57.

which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, rose 0.34% to 12.78.

Gold futures for December delivery fell 0.37%, or 9.40, to $2,515.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for October delivery rose 1.06% or 0.72 to $68.39 a barrel, while the November Brent crude contract rose 1.00% or 0.71, to 71.77 dollars per barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.47% to 95.31.

US dollar index futures rose 0.21% to 101.36.