Australian shares rise at close of trade; The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.68% 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, it gained 0.68%.

The best performers of the session were EML Payments Ltd (ASX: ), which rose 7.50% or 0.05 points to trade at 0.65 at the close. Meanwhile Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX:) added 6.44% or 0.62 points to end at 10.24 and Zip Co Ltd (ASX:) was up 5.69% or 0. 14 points to 2.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX: ), which fell 4.30% or 1.41 points to trade at 31.39 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:) was down 2.84% or 0.02 points to end at 0.69 and National Storage REIT (ASX:) was down 2.37% or 0.06 points to 2. 47.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 647 to 410, with 476 ending unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, fell 3.72% to 12.00.

Gold futures for December delivery fell 0.18 percent, or 4.70, to $2,663.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for November delivery fell 0.31%, or 0.23%, to $74.15 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.44%. or 0.34, to 77.71 dollars per barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 100.98.

US dollar index futures rose 0.03% to 102.31.