Monday night, after the market closed, Australia’s stocks went down because the gold, utilities, and IT sectors all went down.
At the end of trading in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.40 percent.
Mesoblast Ltd. (ASX:MSB), which rose 8.21% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.05 at the end of the day, did the best on the S&P/ASX 200. Sims Metal Management Ltd (ASX:SGM) gained 2.18 percent, or 0.28 points, to close at 13.10, and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) rose 1.85 percent, or 0.32 points, to finish at 17.63.
Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP), which fell 7.35%, or 0.05 points, to 0.63 at the end of the session, was the worst performer. St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) fell 7.14 percent, or 0.06 points, to end at 0.71, and Silver Lake Resources Ltd (ASX:SLR) fell 7.06 percent, or 0.09 points, to 1.18.
On the Sydney Stock Exchange, there were 942 stocks that went down, 343 that went up, and 339 that stayed the same.
Related: Australia’s stocks are down at the end of the day, with the S&P/ASX 200 down 0.52 percent.
The implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, which is measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX, went up by 5.35 percent to 19.86.
Gold futures for delivery in December went down 1.05 percent, or 17.95 cents, to $1,691.35 an ounce. Crude oil for delivery in November dropped 0.42%, or $0.39, to $92.25 per barrel, while the December Brent oil contract dropped 0.49%, or $0.48, to $97.44 per barrel.
AUD/USD fell by 0.88 percent to 0.63, and AUD/JPY fell by 0.83 percent to 91.79.
At 112.96, the US Dollar Index Futures went up by 0.24%.
