Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Energy and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.03%.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN), which lost 5.77% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.470 in late trade. Cabcharge Australia Ltd (AX:CAB) declined 5.40% or 0.170 points to end at 2.980 and Regis Resources Ltd (AX:RRL) shed 4.25% or 0.090 points to 2.030.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 501 to 466 and 130 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.31% to 18.302.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.84% or 9.90 to $1173.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.53% or 0.26 to hit $47.47 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.48% or 0.24 to trade at $50.22 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.