Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals & Mining, Resources and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Lynas Corporation Ltd (AX:LYC), which rose 3.62% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.860 at the close. Bluescope Steel Ltd (AX:BSL) added 2.99% or 0.510 points to end at 17.540 and Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM) was up 2.86% or 0.020 points to 0.720 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orica Ltd (AX:ORI), which lost 6.60% or 1.340 points to trade at 18.950 in late trade. BT Investment Management Ltd (AX:PDL) declined 4.86% or 0.470 points to end at 9.210 and Platinum Asset Management Ltd (AX:PTM) shed 4.79% or 0.280 points to 5.560.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 642 to 539 and 388 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 up 0.63% to 11.732.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.05% or 0.70 to $1315.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.19% or 0.83 to hit $70.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.19% or 0.89 to trade at $75.76 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.24% to 0.7520, while AUD/JPY fell 0.19% to 82.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 92.46.