Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate Investment, Gold and Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (AX:MYX), which rose 7.06% or 0.058 points to trade at 0.873 at the close. CYBG PLC (AX:CYB) added 6.10% or 0.305 points to end at 5.305 and Mineral Resources Ltd (AX:MIN) was up 3.85% or 0.690 points to 18.610 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OneMarket Ltd (AX:OMN), which lost 9.15% or 0.14 points to trade at 1.34 in late trade. AGL Energy Ltd (AX:AGL) declined 3.92% or 0.855 points to end at 20.935 and Retail Food Group Ltd (AX:RFG) shed 3.11% or 0.025 points to 0.780.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 663 to 559 and 398 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 45.02% to 6.934 a new all time low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.32% or 4.20 to $1295.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $65.72 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.29 to trade at $76.50 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.71% to 0.7622, while AUD/JPY rose 0.81% to 83.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 94.01.