Australian shares rise at close of trade; The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.70% Via Investing.com

Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, 0.70% added to hit a new all-time high.

The best performers of the session on the were Fletcher Building Ltd (ASX: ) which was up 6.00% or 0.15 points to trade at 2.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX: ) added 4.72% or 2.32 points to end at 51.46 and Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX: ) was up 4.21% or 0.02 points up to 0.50 at the end of transactions.

The worst performers of the session were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX: ), which fell 4.52% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.74 at the close. Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (ASX: ) declined 3.85% or 0.05 points to 1.25 and The Breville Group Ltd (ASX: ) declined 3.31% or 1.17 points to end at 34.15.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 578 to 547, with 491 ending unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, rose 2.68% to 11.83.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.49%, or 13.00, to $2,681.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for November delivery rose 1.16%, or 0.79, to $68.97 a barrel, while the December Brent crude contract rose 1.27% or 0.91, to 72.45 dollars per barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 0.69, while AUD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 98.28.

US dollar index futures were down 0.01% at 100.10.