Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the A-REITs, Metals & Mining and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Regis Healthcare Ltd (AX:REG), which rose 14.39% or 0.580 points to trade at 4.610 at the close. Meanwhile, Japara Fpo (AX:JHC) added 10.89% or 0.215 points to end at 2.190 and Estia Health Ltd (AX:EHE) was up 10.28% or 0.260 points to 2.790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Regis Resources Ltd (AX:RRL), which fell 5.00% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.660 at the close. Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) declined 2.66% or 0.085 points to end at 3.115 and Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE) was down 2.60% or 0.110 points to 4.120.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 598 to 468 and 299 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 7.23% to 12.390.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.19% or 2.25 to $1174.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.98% or 0.51 to hit $51.28 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.43 to trade at $54.51 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.15% to 0.7461, while AUD/JPY fell 0.21% to 84.89.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 100.19.