Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and A-REITs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.33% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:CUV), which rose 4.87% or 1.160 points to trade at 24.960 at the close. Meanwhile, Vocus Group Ltd (ASX:VOC) added 4.66% or 0.160 points to end at 3.590 and Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC) was up 4.43% or 0.490 points to 11.550 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inghams Group Ltd (ASX:ING), which fell 4.85% or 0.16 points to trade at 3.14 at the close. Ramsay Health Care Ltd (ASX:RHC) declined 4.60% or 3.000 points to end at 62.200 and A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:A2M) was down 3.68% or 0.500 points to 13.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 600 to 583 and 375 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.75% to 12.246 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.65% or 9.85 to $1501.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.05% or 0.66 to hit $62.01 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.62% or 0.43 to trade at $68.59 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.47% to 0.6832, while AUD/JPY fell 0.36% to 73.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 98.257.