Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Financials and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN), which rose 12.90% or 0.56 points to trade at 4.90 at the close. Chorus Ltd (ASX:CNU) added 9.92% or 0.72 points to end at 7.98 and James Hardie Industries PLC (ASX:JHX) was up 5.01% or 2.59 points to 54.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NIB Holdings (ASX:NHF), which lost 16.92% or 1.23 points to trade at 6.04 in late trade. Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) declined 8.93% or 0.13 points to end at 1.27 and Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) shed 7.80% or 0.04 points to 0.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 591 to 557 and 446 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 0.51% to 11.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 2.60 to $2,548.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.82% or 0.61 to hit $75.44 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.57 to trade at $78.72 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY fell 0.47% to 97.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 100.60.