Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Gold, Energy and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG), which rose 15.56% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL) added 10.69% or 0.16 points to end at 1.61 and Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV) was up 10.11% or 0.14 points to 1.47 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL), which fell 4.24% or 0.15 points to trade at 3.39 at the close. Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW) declined 3.96% or 0.15 points to end at 3.64 and Mirvac Group (ASX:MGR) was down 2.90% or 0.06 points to 2.01.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 835 to 513 and 334 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.96% or 0.15 to 3.64.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.86% to 18.79.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.30% or 5.35 to $1,806.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.36% or 1.48 to hit $109.91 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.13 to trade at $113.37 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.82% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY fell 0.56% to 92.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 105.31.