© Reuters. Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.09%
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 rose 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the were A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:), which rose 14.55% or 0.74 points to trade at 5.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Appen Ltd (ASX:) added 9.23% or 0.03 points to end at 0.35 and Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (ASX:) was up 5.67% or 0.25 points to 4.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lend Lease Group (ASX:), which fell 14.51% or 1.09 points to trade at 6.42 at the close. Nuix Ltd (ASX:) declined 11.05% or 0.22 points to end at 1.73 and Orora Ltd (ASX:) was down 6.21% or 0.18 points to 2.72.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 603 to 559 and 310 ended unchanged.
Shares in Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (ASX:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 5.67% or 0.25 to 4.66.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.94% to 11.26.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.36% or 7.35 to $2,031.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.76% or 0.60 to hit $77.86 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.74% or 0.62 to trade at $82.85 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY rose 0.15% to 98.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 104.13.
