Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Energy and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (AX:TWE), which rose 14.62% or 0.944 points to trade at 7.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Arrium Ltd (AX:ARI) added 14.29% or 0.015 points to end at 0.120 and Cardno Ltd (AX:CDD) was up 7.80% or 0.220 points to 3.040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN), which fell 5.77% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.470 at the close. Cabcharge Australia Ltd (AX:CAB) declined 5.40% or 0.170 points to end at 2.980 and Regis Resources Ltd (AX:RRL) was down 4.25% or 0.090 points to 2.030.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 501 to 466 and 130 ended unchanged.
Shares in Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (AX:TWE) rose to all time highs; up 14.62% or 0.944 to 7.400.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.31% to 18.302.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.85% or 10.10 to $1173.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.50% or 0.24 to hit $47.48 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.23 to trade at $50.23 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.30% to 0.7288, while AUD/JPY rose 0.14% to 86.95.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 94.63.