Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Healthcare and Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.31% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Appen Ltd (AX:APX), which rose 21.74% or 4.090 points to trade at 22.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (AX:APT) added 19.19% or 3.300 points to end at 20.500 and Nanosonics Ltd (AX:NAN) was up 12.40% or 0.450 points to 4.080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were G8 Education Ltd (AX:GEM), which fell 11.02% or 0.400 points to trade at 3.230 at the close. oOh!Media Ltd (AX:OML) declined 8.58% or 0.350 points to end at 3.730 and Lend Lease Group (AX:LLC) was down 6.27% or 0.890 points to 13.300.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 619 to 535 and 371 ended unchanged.
Shares in Appen Ltd (AX:APX) rose to all time highs; up 21.74% or 4.090 to 22.900. Shares in Nanosonics Ltd (AX:NAN) rose to all time highs; rising 12.40% or 0.450 to 4.080.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 2.43% to 11.592.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1332.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.24% or 0.14 to hit $57.12 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.22 to trade at $67.03 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.34% to 0.7151, while AUD/JPY rose 0.32% to 79.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 96.335.