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Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.71%
Published Oct 07, 2019 02:45AM ET
© Reuters. Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.71%
Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Gold, IT and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Washington H Soul Pattinson&Co Ltd (ASX:SOL), which rose 7.25% or 1.510 points to trade at 22.350 at the close. Meanwhile, Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:CUV) added 4.15% or 1.080 points to end at 27.100 and Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) was up 4.06% or 1.360 points to 34.860 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Speedcast International Ltd (ASX:SDA), which fell 4.42% or 0.050 points to trade at 1.080 at the close. Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (ASX:MYX) declined 3.45% or 0.020 points to end at 0.560 and CYBG PLC (ASX:CYB) was down 2.49% or 0.050 points to 1.960.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 639 to 388 and 324 ended unchanged.
Shares in CYBG PLC (ASX:CYB) fell to all time lows; falling 2.49% or 0.050 to 1.960.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.08% to 15.320.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.06% or 0.85 to $1512.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $52.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $58.37 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.21% to 0.6754, while AUD/JPY fell 0.27% to 72.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 98.532.
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