Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Australian Real Estate Investment Trust, Consumer Discretionary and Health Care sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Lynas Corporation Ltd (ASX:LYC), which rose 22.00% or 0.011 points to trade at 0.061 at the close. Meanwhile, Greencross Ltd (ASX:GXL) added 8.51% or 0.720 points to end at 9.180 and APN News & Media Ltd (ASX:APN) was up 5.59% or 0.050 points to 0.945 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bluescope Steel Ltd (ASX:BSL), which fell 8.11% or 0.450 points to trade at 5.100 at the close. Ainsworth Game Technology Ltd (ASX:AGI) declined 7.67% or 0.220 points to end at 2.650 and UGL Ltd (ASX:UGL) was down 5.61% or 0.110 points to 1.850.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 341 to 265 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in APN News & Media Ltd (ASX:APN) rose to 3-year highs; gaining 5.59% or 0.050 to 0.945.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.03% to 15.066.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.13% or 1.60 to $1203.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $50.75 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.32 to trade at $60.39 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.09% to 0.7835, while AUD/JPY fell 0.11% to 93.24.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 94.47.