Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Iluka Resources Ltd (AX:ILU), which rose 3.63% or 0.310 points to trade at 8.860 at the close. Meanwhile, Regis Resources Ltd (AX:RRL) added 3.04% or 0.100 points to end at 3.390 and Bellamys Australia Ltd (AX:BAL) was up 2.91% or 0.130 points to 4.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sirtex Medical Ltd (AX:SRX), which fell 12.94% or 2.200 points to trade at 14.800 at the close. OZ Minerals Ltd (AX:OZL) declined 4.58% or 0.340 points to end at 7.090 and Japara Fpo (AX:JHC) was down 3.83% or 0.080 points to 2.010.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 533 to 520 and 371 ended unchanged.
Shares in Iluka Resources Ltd (AX:ILU) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.63% or 0.310 to 8.860.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.59% to 13.281.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.21% or 15.60 to $1273.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.44% or 0.22 to hit $49.84 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.29 to trade at $52.73 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.21% to 0.7559, while AUD/JPY rose 1.23% to 83.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 98.97.