Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Gold, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Transfield Services Ltd (ASX:TSE), which rose 6.67% or 0.075 points to trade at 1.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Newcrest Mining Ltd (ASX:NCM) added 4.47% or 0.490 points to end at 11.440 and Flexigroup Ltd (ASX:FXL) was up 4.35% or 0.110 points to 2.640 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (ASX:SXL), which fell 3.70% or 0.035 points to trade at 0.910 at the close. Ozforex Grp (ASX:OFX) declined 3.65% or 0.100 points to end at 2.640 and Transpacific Industries Group Ltd (ASX:TPI) was down 3.65% or 0.025 points to 0.660.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 488 to 472 and 170 ended unchanged.
Shares in Transpacific Industries Group Ltd (ASX:TPI) fell to 3-years lows; down 3.65% or 0.025 to 0.660.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.57% to 19.302.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.57% or 6.30 to $1119.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.03% or 0.45 to hit $42.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.94% or 0.46 to trade at $48.73 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7377, while AUD/JPY rose 0.02% to 91.77.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 96.67.