Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR), which rose 8.91% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Eclipx Group Ltd (AX:ECX) added 6.04% or 0.045 points to end at 0.790 and Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE) was up 4.75% or 0.160 points to 3.530 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Charter Hall Retail Reit (AX:CQR), which fell 3.01% or 0.140 points to trade at 4.510 at the close. Adelaide Brighton Ltd (AX:ABC) declined 2.86% or 0.130 points to end at 4.410 and Incitec Pivot Ltd (AX:IPL) was down 2.85% or 0.090 points to 3.070.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 642 to 498 and 344 ended unchanged.
Shares in Incitec Pivot Ltd (AX:IPL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.85% or 0.090 to 3.070.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.61% to 11.332.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.14% or 1.85 to $1292.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.39% or 0.24 to hit $61.83 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.30% or 0.21 to trade at $69.22 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.41% to 0.7081, while AUD/JPY fell 0.41% to 78.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.877.