Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the ASX All Ordinaries Gold, S&P/ASX 300 Metals & Mining and S&P/ASX 200 Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Amotiv Ltd (ASX:AOV), which rose 10.21% or 1.02 points to trade at 11.01 at the close. Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) added 5.16% or 0.26 points to end at 5.30 and Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) was up 4.82% or 0.15 points to 3.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC), which fell 14.56% or 17.83 points to trade at 104.65 in late trade. Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) declined 13.76% or 6.31 points to end at 39.55 and Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) down 3.66% or 0.08 points to 1.98.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 632 to 539 and 458 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
Shares in Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) rose to 3-year highs; gaining 5.16% or 0.26 to 5.30. Shares in Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) rose to all time highs; rising 4.82% or 0.15 to 3.26.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.51% to 11.94.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.43% or 11.70 to $2,741.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.63% or 0.43 to hit $69.12 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.35 to trade at $73.41 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.27% to 99.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 103.33.