Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Gold, Energy and Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.94%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Arrium Ltd (ASX:ARI), which rose 25.81% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.195 at the close. Meanwhile, Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) added 17.54% or 0.100 points to end at 0.670 and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) was up 17.04% or 0.230 points to 1.580 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kathmandu Holdings Ltd (ASX:KMD), which fell 21.59% or 0.570 points to trade at 2.070 at the close. Transfield Services Ltd (ASX:TSE) declined 4.75% or 0.085 points to end at 1.705 and Atlas Iron Ltd (ASX:AGO) was down 3.33% or 0.005 points to 0.145.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 427 to 134 and 28 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.31% to 13.404.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.18% or 2.10 to $1198.10 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.28% or 0.73 to hit $57.86 a barrel, while the February brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $62.28 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.28% to 0.8169, while AUD/JPY rose 0.30% to 97.59.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 89.72.