Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Resources and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.14% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Emeco Holdings Ltd (AX:EHL), which rose 10.29% or 0.195 points to trade at 2.090 at the close. Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) added 9.77% or 0.150 points to end at 1.685 and Seven Group Holdings Ltd (AX:SVW) was up 8.57% or 1.170 points to 14.820 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Healius Ltd (AX:HLS), which lost 6.55% or 0.180 points to trade at 2.570 in late trade. Northern Star Resources Ltd (AX:NST) declined 3.30% or 0.320 points to end at 9.390 and St Barbara Ltd (AX:SBM) shed 3.21% or 0.160 points to 4.830.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 681 to 435 and 306 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 3.52% to 17.968.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.54% or 7.00 to $1292.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.63% or 0.78 to hit $48.74 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.37% or 0.78 to trade at $57.84 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.27% to 0.7131, while AUD/JPY rose 0.01% to 77.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 95.553.