Australia shares higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.74%

Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Gold, Metals&Mining and Resources sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.74%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Amotiv Ltd (ASX:AOV), which rose 10.21% or 1.02 points to trade at 11.01 at the close. Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) added 5.16% or 0.26 points to end at 5.30 and Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) was up 4.82% or 0.15 points to 3.26 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC), which lost 14.56% or 17.83 points to trade at 104.65 in late trade. Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) declined 13.76% or 6.31 points to end at 39.55 and Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) shed 3.66% or 0.08 points to 1.98.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 632 to 539 and 458 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.51% to 11.94.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.42% or 11.50 to $2,741.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.63% or 0.43 to hit $69.12 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.36 to trade at $73.42 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.27% to 99.98.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 103.33.