Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, it rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX: ), which rose 4.38% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Nanosound technique Ltd (ASX:) added 6.33% or 0.21 points to end at 3.53 and Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:) was up 6.25% or 0.04 points to 0.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX: ), which fell 3.70% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.39 at the close. Perenti Global Ltd (ASX: ) declined 2.52% or 0.04 points to end at 1.36 and Credit Corp Group Ltd (ASX:) declined 2.45% or 0.43 points as of 12/17.
Advancing stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 545 to 535, with 480 ending unchanged.
which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, fell 1.16% to 10.80.
Gold futures for February delivery fell 0.03%, or 0.71, to $2,747.99 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude for March delivery fell 0.03%, or 0.02, to $77.37 a barrel, while the March Brent crude contract fell 0.15%, or 0.12, to $80. 67 dollars per barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.23% at 0.62, while AUD/JPY rose 0.06% to 96.93.
US dollar index futures fell 0.23% to 108.96.
