Australian shares higher in late trade; The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.22% Per Investing.com
Investing.com – Australian stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, it added 0.22% to hit a 1-month high.
The best performers of the session were Healius Ltd (ASX: ), which rose 5.09% or 0.09 points to trade at 1.76 at the close. Currently, Company Medibank Private Ltd (ASX:) added 3.37% or 0.13 points to end at 3.99 and NIB Holdings share price (ASX:) was up 3.19% or 0.20 points to 6.46 in late trade.
They did the worst in the session The company Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:), was down 6.74% or 0.21 points to trade at 2.84 at the close. St Barbara Ltd (ASX:) declined 5.88% or 0.02 points to end at 0.24 and Company Rea Group Ltd (ASX: ) was down 5.51% or 12.07 points to 206.93.
Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 623 to 523 and 416 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, rose 0.28% to 10.97.
Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.21% or 5.35 to $2,532.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude oil for October delivery fell 0.60% or 0.44 to $73.11 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.70% or 0.54 to trade at $76.39 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged at 0.21% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY rose 0.34% to 99.16.
US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.03% at 101.60.
