Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals & Mining, Resources and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG), which rose 5.90% or 0.320 points to trade at 5.740 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) added 3.38% or 0.035 points to end at 1.070 and Mineral Resources Ltd (AX:MIN) was up 3.09% or 0.370 points to 12.350 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR), which lost 7.72% or 0.240 points to trade at 2.870 in late trade. Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (AX:TWE) declined 4.77% or 0.610 points to end at 12.190 and Brickworks Ltd (AX:BKW) shed 2.64% or 0.360 points to 13.260.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 641 to 467 and 353 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 3.64% to 12.935.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.03% or 0.35 to $1268.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.40% or 0.20 to hit $49.91 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.22 to trade at $52.44 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.03% to 0.7988, while AUD/JPY fell 0.15% to 88.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.21.