Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the A-REITs, Gold and Metals&Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (AX:MYX), which rose 6.75% or 0.055 points to trade at 0.870 at the close. Meanwhile, CYBG PLC (AX:CYB) added 6.10% or 0.305 points to end at 5.305 and Mineral Resources Ltd (AX:MIN) was up 3.85% or 0.690 points to 18.610 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OneMarket Ltd (AX:OMN), which fell 9.15% or 0.14 points to trade at 1.34 at the close. AGL Energy Ltd (AX:AGL) declined 3.90% or 0.850 points to end at 20.940 and Retail Food Group Ltd (AX:RFG) was down 3.11% or 0.025 points to 0.780.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 662 to 557 and 401 ended unchanged.
Shares in OneMarket Ltd (AX:OMN) fell to all time lows; falling 9.15% or 0.14 to 1.34.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 45.02% to 6.934 a new all time low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.32% or 4.10 to $1295.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $65.73 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.29 to trade at $76.50 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.70% to 0.7621, while AUD/JPY rose 0.80% to 83.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 94.01.
