Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Gold, Utilities and Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR), which rose 10.04% or 0.135 points to trade at 1.480 at the close. Meanwhile, Japara Healthcare Ltd (AX:JHC) added 7.53% or 0.140 points to end at 2.000 and St Barbara Ltd (AX:SBM) was up 5.90% or 0.170 points to 3.050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Asaleo Care (AX:AHY), which fell 8.52% or 0.135 points to trade at 1.450 at the close. Vocus Group Ltd (AX:VOC) declined 3.93% or 0.110 points to end at 2.690 and oOh!Media Ltd (AX:OML) was down 3.25% or 0.150 points to 4.460.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 589 to 582 and 350 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 10.04% or 0.135 to 1.480. Shares in St Barbara Ltd (AX:SBM) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.90% or 0.170 to 3.050.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.70% to 11.251.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.14% or 1.82 to $1282.72 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $57.41 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7808, while AUD/JPY rose 0.08% to 88.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 93.66.