Investing.com – The Australian stock market closed higher this Monday; the gains of the sectors, and drove the indices higher.
At the close in Sydney, cattle gained 1.67%.
The best performers of the session were Appen Ltd (ASX:), which rose 6.51% or 0.14 points to close at 2.29. It was followed by Polynovo Ltd (ASX:), which gained 5.64%, 0.11 points, to close at 2.06, and Zip Co Ltd (ASX:), which rose 4.59%, 0.13 points. , until ending the session at 2.96.
At the bottom of the index was EML Payments Ltd (ASX:), which fell 22.22%, or 0.20 points, to close at 0.70. Puntosbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:) fell 3.90%, or 0.04 points, to close at 0.99, and Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:), which fell 0.84%, or 0.31 points, to close at 36, 50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 718 to 352 and 446 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, rose 0.46% to 11.76.
Gold futures for February delivery fell 0.06% or 1.70 to $2,643.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities, Crude oil futures for delivery in February rose 0.50% or 0.35 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while Brent oil futures for delivery in March rose 0. .45%, 0.33, to $72.89 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.13% at 0.63, while AUD/JPY rose 0.37% to 98.03.
US dollar index futures rose 0.12% to 107.49.