Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Real Estate Investment and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL), which rose 4.38% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.43 at the close. Nanosonics Ltd (ASX:NAN) added 6.33% or 0.21 points to end at 3.53 and Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:TAH) was up 6.25% or 0.04 points to 0.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG), which lost 3.70% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.39 in late trade. Perenti Global Ltd (ASX:PRN) declined 2.52% or 0.04 points to end at 1.36 and Credit Corp Group Ltd (ASX:CCP) shed 2.45% or 0.43 points to 17.12.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 546 to 536 and 478 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 1.16% to 10.80.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.04% or 1.11 to $2,747.59 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $77.37 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.13 to trade at $80.66 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 0.62, while AUD/JPY rose 0.06% to 96.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 108.94.