Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Real Estate Investment and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Reliance Worldwide Corporation (Aust) Pty Ltd (AX:RWC), which rose 6.76% or 0.280 points to trade at 4.420 at the close. Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (AX:NEC) added 6.28% or 0.13 points to end at 2.20 and Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE) was up 6.11% or 0.400 points to 6.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included G8 Education Ltd (AX:GEM), which lost 7.94% or 0.250 points to trade at 2.900 in late trade. Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC) declined 4.85% or 0.560 points to end at 10.980 and APA Group (AX:APA) shed 4.78% or 0.395 points to 7.865.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 715 to 593 and 337 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 0.51% to 13.393.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.77% or 10.30 to $1340.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.46% or 0.29 to hit $63.84 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.18 to trade at $67.22 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.43% to 0.7872, while AUD/JPY rose 0.30% to 83.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 89.62.