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

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.97%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Appen Ltd (ASX: APX ), which rose 9.09% or 0.07 points to trade at 0.84 at the close. Meanwhile, Gold Road Resources Ltd (ASX: GOR ) added 9.43% or 0.28 points to end at 3.25 and Healius Ltd (ASX: HLS ) was up 3.99% or 0.06 points to 1.57 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nuix Ltd (ASX: NXL ), which fell 7.06% or 0.18 points to trade at 2.37 at the close. Santos Ltd (ASX: STO ) declined 3.95% or 0.24 points to end at 5.84 and Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT ) was down 3.75% or 0.05 points to 1.15.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 637 to 462 and 460 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 5.28% to 12.68.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.77% or 25.01 to $3,268.31 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.95% or 1.72 to hit $56.57 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.69% or 1.65 to trade at $59.64 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY fell 0.02% to 93.39.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 99.66.