Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Gold, Real Estate Investment and Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST), which rose 7.43% or 0.150 points to trade at 2.170 at the close. Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL) added 6.61% or 0.085 points to end at 1.370 and Newcrest Mining Ltd (ASX:NCM) was up 4.53% or 0.510 points to 11.780 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (ASX:LNG), which lost 8.81% or 0.310 points to trade at 3.210 in late trade. Navitas Ltd (ASX:NVT) declined 6.36% or 0.290 points to end at 4.270 and Syrah Res F (ASX:SYR) shed 4.29% or 0.160 points to 3.570.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 503 to 486 and 190 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 0.72% to 15.831.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.67% or 18.10 to $1104.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.19% or 0.09 to hit $48.05 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $54.62 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.01% to 0.7279, while AUD/JPY fell 0.36% to 89.82.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 97.00.