Reuters. Australia stocks higher at close of
OSRS Gold trade; S&PASX 200 up 1.00%Investing 鈥\x93 Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.At the close in Australia, the S&PASX 200 added 1.00%.The best performers of the session on the S&PASX 200 were Sirius Resources NL (ASX:SIR, which rose 20.
Points to trade at 3.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Skilled Group Ltd (ASX:SKE added 11.79% or 0.145 points to end at 1.375 and Senex Energy Ltd (ASX:SXY was up 5.56% or 0.020 points to 0.380 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Independence Group NL (ASX:IGO, which fell 11.
Points to trade at 5.150 at the close. Sundance Energy Australia Ltd (ASX:SEA declined 3.28% or 0.020 points to end at 0.590 and Ardent Leisure Group (ASX:AAD was down 3.20% or 0.070 points to 2.120.Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 548 to 482 and 175 ended unchanged.
The 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of
Buy OSRS Gold 200 options, was down 1.37% to 15.369.Gold for August delivery was up 0.07% or 0.80 to 1205.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.13% or 0.07 to hit 59.80 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.
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