Title: Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.39%

Aug 23, 2021 03:45AM ET

By: AnalysisWatch

Australia stocks were higher after the nearby on Monday, as gains in the Gold, IT and A-REITs areas drove shares higher.

At the nearby in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 acquired 0.39%.

The best entertainers of the meeting on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS), which rose 11.39% or 0.230 focuses to exchange at 2.250 at the nearby. In the mean time, Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) added 7.09% or 0.85 focuses to end at 12.84 and Nearmap Ltd (ASX:NEA) was up 6.87% or 0.135 focuses to 2.100 in late exchange.

The most exceedingly terrible entertainers of the meeting were NIB Holdings (ASX:NHF), which fell 11.03% or 0.88 focuses to exchange at 7.10 at the nearby. TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX:TPG) declined 5.78% or 0.380 focuses to end at 6.200 and G8 Education Ltd (ASX:GEM) was down 5.71% or 0.060 focuses to 0.990.

Rising stocks dwarfed declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 774 to 566 and 431 finished unaltered.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which estimates the suggested instability of S&P/ASX 200 alternatives, was down 3.29% to 11.901.