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 rose 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Lynas Corporation Ltd (AX:LYC), which rose 10.98% or 0.235 points to trade at 2.375 at the close. Meanwhile, Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (AX:TWE) added 5.73% or 1.050 points to end at 19.380 and Ausdrill Ltd (AX:ASL) was up 5.17% or 0.090 points to 1.830 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (AX:APT), which fell 3.62% or 0.545 points to trade at 14.495 at the close. Infigen Energy (AX:IFN) declined 2.29% or 0.015 points to end at 0.640 and Viva Energy Reit Ltd (AX:VVR) was down 2.28% or 0.050 points to 2.140.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 685 to 509 and 381 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.14% to 12.753.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.49% or 6.00 to $1219.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $67.75 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.10 to trade at $72.96 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.12% to 0.7372, while AUD/JPY fell 0.12% to 82.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.52.