Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms Services and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP), which rose 6.88% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.17 at the close. Meanwhile, South32 Ltd (ASX:S32) added 5.64% or 0.18 points to end at 3.37 and Netwealth Group Ltd (ASX:NWL) was up 4.78% or 0.90 points to 19.73 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM), which fell 9.84% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.28 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) declined 4.49% or 0.02 points to end at 0.43 and Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) was down 4.27% or 0.10 points to 2.24.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 634 to 511 and 466 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 9.50% to 13.21.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.45% or 35.10 to $2,378.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.20% or 0.99 to hit $81.23 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.99 to trade at $86.30 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY rose 0.39% to 99.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 105.89.
