Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Telecoms Services and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Star Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SGR), which rose 14.22% or 0.07 points to trade at 0.58 at the close. Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) added 6.45% or 0.03 points to end at 0.50 and Nufarm Ltd (ASX:NUF) was up 5.41% or 0.24 points to 4.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fletcher Building Ltd (ASX:FBU), which lost 5.81% or 0.18 points to trade at 2.84 in late trade. Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB) declined 4.89% or 0.06 points to end at 1.07 and St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) shed 2.38% or 0.01 points to 0.21.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 622 to 470 and 450 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 1.31% to 12.14.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.41% or 9.90 to $2,437.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.54% or 0.42 to hit $77.58 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.47 to trade at $80.75 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY fell 0.16% to 100.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 103.99.