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 added 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG), which rose 8.15% or 0.095 points to trade at 1.260 at the close. Ardent Leisure Ltd (AX:ALG) added 4.04% or 0.045 points to end at 1.160 and Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) was up 4.00% or 0.110 points to 2.860 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (AX:DHG), which lost 7.87% or 0.240 points to trade at 2.810 in late trade. Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) declined 5.17% or 0.070 points to end at 1.285 and Platinum Asset Management Ltd (AX:PTM) shed 4.48% or 0.220 points to 4.690.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 666 to 487 and 374 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 0.89% to 11.675.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.37% or 4.75 to $1300.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.46% or 0.29 to hit $63.37 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.32 to trade at $70.66 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.15% to 0.7094, while AUD/JPY fell 0.22% to 79.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.895.