Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.47%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG), which rose 22.22% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.275 at the close. Meanwhile, Skilled Group Ltd (ASX:SKE) added 20.08% or 0.255 points to end at 1.525 and Beadell Resources Ltd (ASX:BDR) was up 17.95% or 0.035 points to 0.230 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Duet Group (ASX:DUE), which fell 3.21% or 0.080 points to trade at 2.410 at the close. Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC) declined 1.88% or 0.090 points to end at 4.700 and Sydney Airport Holdings Ltd (ASX:SYD) was down 1.85% or 0.090 points to 4.780.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 372 to 166 and 38 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.53% to 13.622.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1195.40 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.19% or 0.65 to hit $55.38 a barrel, while the February brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.26 to trade at $59.93 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.12% to 0.8134, while AUD/JPY rose 0.05% to 97.83.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 90.21.