Australia Stock Market Review

Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, led by gains in the Financials, Consumer Discretionary, and A-REITs sectors.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.67%.

Best Performers

Appen Ltd (ASX:APX): rose 6.51% or 0.14 points to trade at 2.29
Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV): added 5.64% or 0.11 points to end at 2.06
Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP): was up 4.59% or 0.13 points to 2.96 in late trade.

EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML): fell 22.22% or 0.20 points to trade at 0.70
Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH): declined 3.90% or 0.04 points to end at 0.99
Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:RMD): was down 0.84% or 0.31 points to 36.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 718 to 352, with 446 ending unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.46% to 11.76.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.06% or 1.70 to $2,643.40 a troy ounce.
Crude oil for February rose 0.50% or 0.35 to hit $69.81 a barrel.
The March Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.33 to trade at $72.89 a barrel.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 107.49.