Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Gold, Telecoms Services and Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were BT Investment Management Ltd (AX:BTT), which rose 7.66% or 0.680 points to trade at 9.560 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) added 5.20% or 0.085 points to end at 1.720 and Syrah Res F (AX:SYR) was up 5.14% or 0.180 points to 3.680 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Independence Group NL (AX:IGO), which lost 4.98% or 0.200 points to trade at 3.820 in late trade. Bellamys Australia Ltd (AX:BAL) declined 4.39% or 0.550 points to end at 11.970 and Infigen Energy (AX:IFN) shed 4.22% or 0.033 points to 0.738.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 542 to 524 and 281 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 1.39% to 13.910.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.99% or 12.35 to $1264.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.02% or 0.51 to hit $49.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.48 to trade at $51.45 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.12% to 0.7595, while AUD/JPY fell 0.15% to 78.16.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 96.62.