Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, A-REITs and Telecoms Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB), which rose 16.67% or 0.16 points to trade at 1.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Star Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SGR) added 7.05% or 0.03 points to end at 0.42 and Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) was up 6.71% or 0.08 points to 1.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which fell 3.79% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.64 at the close. Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL) declined 3.32% or 0.07 points to end at 2.04 and Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN) was down 2.56% or 0.13 points to 4.94.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 711 to 459 and 474 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.03% to 12.11.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.23% or 5.40 to $2,341.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.82% or 0.69 to hit $83.16 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.71 to trade at $87.50 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.44% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.06% to 103.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 105.63.