Australia Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, with gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Telecoms Services, and Healthcare sectors leading shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.02%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were:
– Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH): rose 6.25% or 0.06 points to trade at 1.02 at the close.
– Goodman Group (ASX:GMG): added 3.83% or 1.40 points to end at 37.97.
– Breville Group Ltd (ASX:BRG): up 3.02% or 1.09 points to 37.15 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session included:
– Platinum Asset Management Ltd (ASX:PTM): fell 13.88% or 0.14 points to trade at 0.90 at the close.
– Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG): declined 6.40% or 0.03 points to end at 0.40.
– Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:BPT): down 4.21% or 0.06 points to 1.25.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 647 to 414, with 394 ending unchanged.

Shares in Platinum Asset Management Ltd (ASX:PTM) fell to all-time lows, while shares in Breville Group Ltd (ASX:BRG) reached all-time highs.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, measuring implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 2.41% to 10.37.

Commodities

• Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.02% or 0.41 to $2,659.19 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for January delivery rose 0.51% or 0.34 to $67.54 a barrel.
• February Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.32 to trade at $71.44 a barrel.

Currency Exchange

• AUD/USD was unchanged at 0.64.
• AUD/JPY fell 0.21% to 95.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 105.88.