Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.34%

Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the gained 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the were Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:), which rose 5.22% or 0.130 points to trade at 2.620 at the close. Meanwhile, Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (ASX:) added 5.14% or 0.045 points to end at 0.920 and South32 Ltd (ASX:) was up 4.72% or 0.120 points to 2.660 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mcmillan Shakespeare Ltd (ASX:), which fell 7.46% or 1.070 points to trade at 13.280 at the close. Estia Health Ltd (ASX:) declined 7.14% or 0.190 points to end at 2.470 and Viva Energy Group Ltd (ASX:) was down 6.57% or 0.14 points to 1.99.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 573 to 538 and 366 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.18% to 12.434.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.13% or 1.95 to $1467.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.91% or 0.54 to hit $58.66 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.61 to trade at $63.78 a barrel.

AUD/USD was down 0.15% to 0.6827, while AUD/JPY fell 0.11% to 74.08.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.620.

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