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

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.58%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM ), which rose 5.17% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN ) added 3.18% or 0.25 points to end at 8.12 and Regis Resources Ltd (ASX: RRL ) was up 3.37% or 0.15 points to 4.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Appen Ltd (ASX: APX ), which fell 15.75% or 0.23 points to trade at 1.23 at the close. Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS ) declined 9.94% or 0.16 points to end at 1.40 and Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX: MIN ) was down 8.79% or 2.32 points to 24.08.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 720 to 403 and 439 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 6.05% to 11.93.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.30% or 41.55 to $3,228.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.90% or 0.56 to hit $61.41 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.58 to trade at $64.83 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY fell 0.28% to 92.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 100.48.