Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Gold, Utilities and A-REITs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Infigen Energy (AX:IFN), which rose 8.07% or 0.065 points to trade at 0.870 at the close. Meanwhile, Challenger Ltd (AX:CGF) added 6.00% or 0.600 points to end at 10.600 and Credit Corp Group Ltd (AX:CCP) was up 4.57% or 0.870 points to 19.920 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caltex Australia Ltd (AX:CTX), which fell 4.31% or 1.480 points to trade at 32.830 at the close. Incitec Pivot Ltd (AX:IPL) declined 4.12% or 0.120 points to end at 2.790 and Blackmores Ltd (AX:BKL) was down 3.50% or 4.080 points to 112.570.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 546 to 503 and 308 ended unchanged.
Shares in Credit Corp Group Ltd (AX:CCP) rose to all time highs; rising 4.57% or 0.870 to 19.920.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.11% to 14.002.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.27% or 3.35 to $1259.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.56% or 0.28 to hit $50.22 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.27 to trade at $51.79 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.51% to 0.7669, while AUD/JPY rose 0.58% to 79.71.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 97.71.