Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Staples and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia Ltd (AX:GMA), which rose 7.29% or 0.180 points to trade at 2.650 at the close. Meanwhile, Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC) added 6.02% or 0.930 points to end at 16.380 and Sandfire Resources NL (AX:SFR) was up 4.52% or 0.430 points to 9.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ausdrill Ltd (AX:ASL), which fell 20.38% or 0.485 points to trade at 1.895 at the close. Retail Food Group Ltd (AX:RFG) declined 8.20% or 0.050 points to end at 0.560 and Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) was down 6.67% or 0.200 points to 2.800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 663 to 611 and 414 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.02% or 0.930 to 16.380. Shares in Retail Food Group Ltd (AX:RFG) fell to all time lows; losing 8.20% or 0.050 to 0.560. Shares in Sandfire Resources NL (AX:SFR) rose to all time highs; rising 4.52% or 0.430 to 9.950.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.88% to 11.026.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.09% or 1.20 to $1302.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $66.22 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.07 to trade at $76.53 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.07% to 0.7614, while AUD/JPY rose 0.30% to 83.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.71.