Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the A-REITs, Consumer Discretionary and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.27% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML), which rose 13.91% or 0.08 points to trade at 0.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Star Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SGR) added 4.89% or 0.07 points to end at 1.40 and Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW) was up 3.45% or 0.14 points to 4.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL), which fell 11.16% or 0.27 points to trade at 2.15 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) declined 8.08% or 0.04 points to end at 0.46 and Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) was down 7.01% or 0.11 points to 1.46.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 666 to 641 and 411 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 5.57% to 13.05.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.47% or 9.45 to $2,025.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $82.40 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.08 to trade at $86.23 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.20% to 89.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 101.29.