Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 1.23%
2022.07.18 10:49
Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 1.23%
Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the IT, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pendal Group Ltd (ASX:PDL), which rose 9.31% or 0.35 points to trade at 4.11 at the close. Meanwhile, EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) added 7.35% or 0.08 points to end at 1.09 and Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX:WTC) was up 7.16% or 3.16 points to 47.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL), which fell 13.01% or 0.10 points to trade at 0.64 at the close. Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) declined 3.17% or 0.19 points to end at 5.81 and A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:A2M) was down 2.44% or 0.11 points to 4.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 845 to 487 and 390 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL) fell to all time lows; falling 13.01% or 0.10 to 0.64.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.83% to 17.72.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.76% or 12.90 to $1,716.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.78% or 2.63 to hit $97.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.81% or 2.84 to trade at $104.00 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.59% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY rose 0.26% to 94.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 107.33.
