The Australian sharemarket closed slightly lower on Monday, with losses in the Health Care and Materials sectors slightly outweighing gains in Energy.
The S&P/ASX 200 Index closed 11.9 points or 0.1% lower at 8,853.0, with four of 11 sectors in the red.
Medical imaging specialist Pro Medicus shed 1.4%, while CSL also weighed on the benchmark, sliding 1.6%.
Materials compounded the downturn as gold miners came under pressure from profit-taking after bullion pulled back from near-record highs last week.
Evolution Mining tumbled 5.3%, Newmont fell 1.8%, and Northern Star Resources fell 1.9%.
Among major miners, BHP dipped 0.6% and Rio Tinto eased 0.1%, while Fortescue posted a 0.6% gain.
In corporate news, ANZ dropped 0.6% after being hit with a $240 million fine for misconduct in its government bond trading and charging fees to deceased customers.
Emeco Holdings surged 7.9% to a four-year peak after revealing unsolicited takeover interest.
Bubs Australia finished flat after appointing director Paul Jensen as its new chairman, replacing Katrina Rathie.
Meanwhile, shares in companies including Chorus, Enero, Guzman y Guzman, Lovisa, and Ramelius traded ex-dividend on Monday.
Bond yields firmed, with the 10-year rate up 1% to 4.277% and the 2-year yield 0.2% higher at 3.410%.
