Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, IT and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Bendigo And Adelaide Bank Ltd (AX:BEN), which rose 7.82% or 0.880 points to trade at 12.140 at the close. oOh!Media Ltd (AX:OML) added 6.81% or 0.275 points to end at 4.315 and Vocus Group Ltd (AX:VOC) was up 3.97% or 0.125 points to 3.275 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JB Hi-Fi Ltd (AX:JBH), which lost 4.02% or 1.020 points to trade at 24.350 in late trade. Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) declined 3.59% or 0.040 points to end at 1.075 and Ansell Ltd (AX:ANN) shed 3.25% or 0.700 points to 20.850.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 592 to 539 and 359 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 13.73% to 15.203.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.21% or 2.77 to $1291.23 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.08 to trade at $52.02 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.08% to 0.7889, while AUD/JPY rose 0.32% to 86.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.10.