Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Gold, Consumer Discretionary and Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG), which rose 7.34% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.58 at the close. St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) added 6.38% or 0.02 points to end at 0.25 and Idp Education Ltd (ASX:IEL) was up 5.65% or 0.82 points to 15.33 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL), which lost 6.02% or 0.18 points to trade at 2.81 in late trade. Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) declined 2.93% or 0.11 points to end at 3.65 and Nanosonics Ltd (ASX:NAN) shed 2.90% or 0.09 points to 3.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.34% to 10.63 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.71% or 16.60 to $2,308.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.26% or 0.20 to hit $75.73 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.23 to trade at $79.85 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.39% to 103.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 104.90.