Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.73% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC), which rose 4.53% or 0.55 points to trade at 12.70 at the close. Nanosonics Ltd (ASX:NAN) added 4.44% or 0.14 points to end at 3.29 and Mirvac Group (ASX:MGR) was up 3.98% or 0.08 points to 2.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP), which lost 6.78% or 0.12 points to trade at 1.58 in late trade. Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL) declined 3.43% or 0.12 points to end at 3.38 and Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB) shed 2.10% or 0.03 points to 1.16.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 591 to 586 and 436 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 3.85% to 12.10 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.44% or 10.65 to $2,410.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $80.93 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.08 to trade at $84.95 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY fell 0.03% to 107.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 103.98.