Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Gold, Metals & Mining and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Platinum Asset Management Ltd (AX:PTM), which rose 7.25% or 0.390 points to trade at 5.770 at the close. Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (AX:APT) added 6.35% or 1.250 points to end at 20.940 and Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) was up 6.30% or 0.085 points to 1.435 in late trade.
Biggest losers included G8 Education Ltd (AX:GEM), which lost 15.50% or 0.375 points to trade at 2.045 in late trade. Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (AX:RWC) declined 7.93% or 0.490 points to end at 5.690 and Blackmores Ltd (AX:BKL) shed 4.76% or 7.24 points to 144.76.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 653 to 564 and 387 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.59% to 11.993.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1212.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $68.74 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $76.19 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.07% to 0.7321, while AUD/JPY fell 0.28% to 81.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 95.07.