Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate Investment, Telecoms Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.54% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY), which rose 6.25% or 0.180 points to trade at 3.060 at the close. GWA Group Ltd (AX:GWA) added 4.69% or 0.175 points to end at 3.905 and Boral Ltd. (AX:BLD) was up 4.55% or 0.300 points to 6.890 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP), which lost 3.56% or 1.560 points to trade at 42.310 in late trade. Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) declined 3.57% or 0.043 points to end at 1.147 and Sandfire Resources NL (AX:SFR) shed 2.57% or 0.210 points to 7.950.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 680 to 558 and 394 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 up 4.06% to 12.512.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.20% or 2.60 to $1320.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.38% or 0.26 to hit $67.84 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.33 to trade at $73.46 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.18% to 0.7567, while AUD/JPY fell 0.10% to 82.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 91.33.