Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals & Mining, Materials and Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX:FPH), which rose 9.84% or 1.89 points to trade at 21.09 at the close. Meanwhile, EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) added 7.94% or 0.05 points to end at 0.68 and Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) was up 5.79% or 0.11 points to 2.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Collins Foods Ltd (ASX:CKF), which fell 19.82% or 1.99 points to trade at 8.05 at the close. Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) declined 5.95% or 0.26 points to end at 4.11 and Graincorp Ltd (ASX:GNC) was down 4.89% or 0.41 points to 7.98.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 703 to 526 and 385 ended unchanged.
Shares in Collins Foods Ltd (ASX:CKF) fell to 52-week lows; down 19.82% or 1.99 to 8.05.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.26% to 12.53.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.64% or 11.10 to $1,751.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.81% or 1.40 to hit $78.64 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.03% or 1.70 to trade at $85.59 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.96% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.48% to 92.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 106.25.