Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals & Mining, Gold and Telecoms Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG), which rose 8.26% or 0.270 points to trade at 3.540 at the close. Meanwhile, St Barbara Ltd (AX:SBM) added 6.19% or 0.190 points to end at 3.260 and Orora Fpo (AX:ORA) was up 6.01% or 0.155 points to 2.735 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Henderson Group PLC (AX:HGG), which fell 14.69% or 0.655 points to trade at 3.805 at the close. APN News & Media Ltd (AX:APN) declined 10.65% or 0.475 points to end at 3.985 and CYBG PLC (AX:CYB) was down 9.52% or 0.435 points to 4.135.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 546 to 534 and 322 ended unchanged.
Shares in Henderson Group PLC (AX:HGG) fell to 52-week lows; down 14.69% or 0.655 to 3.805.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.50% to 22.894.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.70% or 9.25 to $1331.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.21% or 0.10 to hit $47.54 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.04 to trade at $49.08 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.74% to 0.7408, while AUD/JPY fell 1.27% to 75.33.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 96.17.