Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate Investment, IT and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:IFL), which rose 14.69% or 0.52 points to trade at 4.06 at the close. Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) added 6.14% or 0.17 points to end at 2.94 and Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) was up 3.41% or 0.11 points to 3.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM), which lost 4.08% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.24 in late trade. Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB) declined 3.79% or 0.12 points to end at 3.05 and Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1) shed 3.52% or 0.26 points to 7.13.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 615 to 460 and 462 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 2.08% to 11.02.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.40% or 10.63 to $2,644.07 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.43% or 0.32 to hit $73.64 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.33 to trade at $76.18 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 0.62, while AUD/JPY rose 0.58% to 98.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 108.71.