Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the A-REITs, Energy and Resources 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 Scentre Group Ltd (AX:SCG), which rose 4.07% or 0.170 points to trade at 4.350 at the close. Meanwhile, Dexus Property Group (AX:DXS) added 2.88% or 0.300 points to end at 10.700 and Mirvac Group (AX:MGR) was up 2.85% or 0.070 points to 2.530 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Retail Food Group Ltd (AX:RFG), which fell 5.23% or 0.170 points to trade at 3.080 at the close. Asaleo Care (AX:AHY) declined 5.03% or 0.080 points to end at 1.510 and Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) was down 4.01% or 0.160 points to 3.830.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 666 to 565 and 345 ended unchanged.
Shares in Retail Food Group Ltd (AX:RFG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 5.23% or 0.170 to 3.080.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.09% to 10.770.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1246.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.79% or 0.46 to hit $58.45 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 0.98 to trade at $65.67 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.12% to 0.7536, while AUD/JPY rose 0.04% to 85.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.90.