Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Telecoms Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH), which rose 6.25% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.02 at the close. Goodman Group (ASX:GMG) added 3.83% or 1.40 points to end at 37.97 and Breville Group Ltd (ASX:BRG) was up 3.02% or 1.09 points to 37.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Platinum Asset Management Ltd (ASX:PTM), which lost 13.88% or 0.14 points to trade at 0.90 in late trade. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) declined 6.40% or 0.03 points to end at 0.40 and Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:BPT) shed 4.21% or 0.06 points to 1.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 647 to 414 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 2.41% to 10.37.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.02% or 0.49 to $2,659.11 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.61% or 0.41 to hit $67.61 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.36 to trade at $71.48 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY fell 0.21% to 95.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 105.88.