Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Gold, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL), which rose 26.07% or 0.91 points to trade at 4.40 at the close. St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) added 15.48% or 0.03 points to end at 0.24 and Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) was up 8.73% or 0.06 points to 0.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:A2M), which lost 18.69% or 1.31 points to trade at 5.70 in late trade. Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) declined 4.74% or 0.05 points to end at 0.91 and Ampol Ltd (ASX:ALD) shed 4.49% or 1.44 points to 30.65.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 567 to 565 and 452 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 5.99% to 12.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 4.50 to $2,542.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.57% or 0.43 to hit $75.11 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.40 to trade at $79.28 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 1.19% to 97.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 101.93.