Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals & Mining, Resources and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.82% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were BT Investment Management Ltd (AX:BTT), which rose 5.92% or 0.600 points to trade at 10.740 at the close. BHP Billiton Ltd (AX:BHP) added 4.80% or 1.180 points to end at 25.770 and Worleyparsons Ltd (AX:WOR) was up 4.62% or 0.510 points to 11.550 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE), which lost 4.23% or 0.130 points to trade at 2.940 in late trade. Syrah Res F (AX:SYR) declined 2.17% or 0.060 points to end at 2.710 and Infigen Energy (AX:IFN) shed 2.13% or 0.023 points to 1.032.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 598 to 512 and 357 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 1.15% to 12.052.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.13% or 1.65 to $1255.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.44% or 0.23 to hit $52.47 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.20 to trade at $55.44 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.09% to 0.7489, while AUD/JPY rose 0.23% to 83.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 101.10.