Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Resources and Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:BPT), which rose 5.22% or 0.130 points to trade at 2.620 at the close. Meanwhile, Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (ASX:SXL) added 5.14% or 0.045 points to end at 0.920 and South32 Ltd (ASX:S32) was up 4.72% or 0.120 points to 2.660 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mcmillan Shakespeare Ltd (ASX:MMS), which fell 7.46% or 1.070 points to trade at 13.280 at the close. Estia Health Ltd (ASX:EHE) declined 7.14% or 0.190 points to end at 2.470 and Viva Energy Group Ltd (ASX:VEA) was down 6.57% or 0.14 points to 1.99.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 573 to 538 and 366 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.18% to 12.434.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.13% or 1.95 to $1467.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.91% or 0.54 to hit $58.66 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.61 to trade at $63.78 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.15% to 0.6827, while AUD/JPY fell 0.11% to 74.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.620.