Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Gold , IT and Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Appen Ltd (ASX: APX ), which rose 10.48% or 0.12 points to trade at 1.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC ) added 4.70% or 4.70 points to end at 104.75 and EML Payments Ltd (ASX: EML ) was up 4.64% or 0.05 points to 1.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Elders Ltd (ASX: ELD ), which fell 6.67% or 0.44 points to trade at 6.16 at the close. Mesoblast Ltd (ASX: MSB ) declined 5.28% or 0.09 points to end at 1.62 and Origin Energy Ltd (ASX: ORG ) was down 4.89% or 0.54 points to 10.51.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 549 to 522 and 483 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.28% to 11.62.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.76% or 25.81 to $3,368.69 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.26% or 0.16 to hit $61.69 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.14 to trade at $64.35 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.48% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY rose 0.60% to 93.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 98.67.