Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the A-REITs, Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH), which rose 15.91% or 0.07 points to trade at 0.51 at the close. Meanwhile, IGO Ltd (ASX:IGO) added 6.38% or 0.47 points to end at 7.84 and TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX:TPG) was up 3.44% or 0.15 points to 4.51 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB), which fell 8.29% or 0.09 points to trade at 1.00 at the close. Worley Ltd (ASX:WOR) declined 7.17% or 1.17 points to end at 15.14 and St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) was down 5.36% or 0.02 points to 0.26.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 632 to 557 and 425 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) rose to 3-years lows; up 15.91% or 0.07 to 0.51.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.31% to 11.83.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.12% or 26.45 to $2,331.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.25% or 0.21 to hit $82.42 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.20 to trade at $87.00 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.73% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY fell 0.43% to 102.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 105.81.