Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, A-REITs and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Galaxy Resources Ltd (ASX:GXY), which rose 7.35% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.315 at the close. Meanwhile, Link Administration Holdings Ltd (ASX:LNK) added 5.20% or 0.260 points to end at 5.260 and Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) was up 4.66% or 1.290 points to 29.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG), which fell 4.87% or 0.065 points to trade at 1.270 at the close. Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) declined 4.03% or 0.470 points to end at 11.180 and Emeco Holdings Ltd (ASX:EHL) was down 3.86% or 0.080 points to 1.990.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 757 to 433 and 352 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 5.28% to 12.354 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.82% or 25.75 to $1387.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.57% or 1.50 to hit $59.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.64% or 1.71 to trade at $66.45 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.36% to 0.6995, while AUD/JPY fell 0.01% to 75.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 96.072.