Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, IT and Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were CYBG PLC (ASX:CYB), which rose 12.09% or 0.260 points to trade at 2.410 at the close. Meanwhile, Fisher&Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX:FPH) added 7.02% or 1.120 points to end at 17.080 and Costa Group Holdings Ltd (ASX:CGC) was up 6.88% or 0.240 points to 3.730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Silver Lake Resources Ltd (ASX:SLR), which fell 9.18% or 0.095 points to trade at 0.940 at the close. Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (ASX:SAR) declined 8.33% or 0.310 points to end at 3.410 and Gold Road Resources Ltd (ASX:GOR) was down 7.76% or 0.090 points to 1.070.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 647 to 511 and 346 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fisher&Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX:FPH) rose to all time highs; up 7.02% or 1.120 to 17.080.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.35% to 14.042.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 3.15 to $1491.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.17% or 0.64 to hit $54.06 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.24% or 0.75 to trade at $59.76 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.16% to 0.6776, while AUD/JPY fell 0.12% to 73.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 98.175.
