Australia shares decrease at shut of commerce; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.32%

Investing.com – Australia shares have been decrease after the shut on Monday, as losses within the A-REITs, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares decrease.

On the shut in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.32%.

One of the best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 have been St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM), which rose 5.68% or 0.01 factors to commerce at 0.23 on the shut. In the meantime, Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) added 5.49% or 0.14 factors to finish at 2.69 and Atlas Arteria (ASX:ALX) was up 2.77% or 0.13 factors to 4.83 in late commerce.

The worst performers of the session have been Cromwell Property Group (ASX:CMW), which fell 5.00% or 0.02 factors to commerce at 0.38 on the shut. Growthpoint Properties Australia (ASX:GOZ) declined 4.71% or 0.12 factors to finish at 2.43 and Area Re Ltd Unit (ASX:RGN) was down 3.88% or 0.09 factors to 2.11.

Falling shares outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Inventory Change by 542 to 458 and 363 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 choices, was up 5.09% to 11.12.

Gold Futures for February supply was up 0.07% or 1.90 to $2,633.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities buying and selling, Crude oil for supply in February rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $70.62 a barrel, whereas the March Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to commerce at $73.81 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.44% to 0.62, whereas AUD/JPY rose 0.50% to 98.54.

The US Greenback Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 107.79.