Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, IT and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Bendigo And Adelaide Bank Ltd (AX:BEN), which rose 7.82% or 0.880 points to trade at 12.140 at the close. Meanwhile, oOh!Media Ltd (AX:OML) added 6.81% or 0.275 points to end at 4.315 and Vocus Group Ltd (AX:VOC) was up 3.97% or 0.125 points to 3.275 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JB Hi-Fi Ltd (AX:JBH), which fell 4.00% or 1.015 points to trade at 24.355 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) declined 3.59% or 0.040 points to end at 1.075 and Ansell Ltd (AX:ANN) was down 3.25% or 0.700 points to 20.850.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 592 to 537 and 361 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 13.78% to 15.194.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.21% or 2.67 to $1291.33 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.08 to trade at $52.02 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.09% to 0.7888, while AUD/JPY rose 0.30% to 86.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.10.