Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Gold, Telecoms Services and Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were BT Investment Management Ltd (AX:BTT), which rose 7.66% or 0.680 points to trade at 9.560 at the close. Meanwhile, Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) added 5.20% or 0.085 points to end at 1.720 and Syrah Res F (AX:SYR) was up 5.14% or 0.180 points to 3.680 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Independence Group NL (AX:IGO), which fell 4.98% or 0.200 points to trade at 3.820 at the close. Bellamys Australia Ltd (AX:BAL) declined 4.39% or 0.550 points to end at 11.970 and Infigen Energy (AX:IFN) was down 4.22% or 0.033 points to 0.738.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 542 to 524 and 281 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.39% to 13.910.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.98% or 12.25 to $1264.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.06% or 0.53 to hit $49.28 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.94% or 0.49 to trade at $51.44 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.12% to 0.7595, while AUD/JPY fell 0.14% to 78.17.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 96.62.