Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Healthcare and A-REITs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Xero Ltd (ASX:XRO), which rose 7.17% or 5.35 points to trade at 79.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Bega Cheese Ltd (ASX:BGA) added 6.48% or 0.26 points to end at 4.27 and Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:CUV) was up 6.37% or 1.09 points to 18.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perenti Global Ltd (ASX:PRN), which fell 6.36% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.325 at the close. Netwealth Group Ltd (ASX:NWL) declined 6.14% or 0.47 points to end at 7.18 and Jumbo Interactive Ltd (ASX:JIN) was down 4.77% or 0.54 points to 10.79.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 937 to 337 and 236 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.80% to 23.181.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.01% or 0.20 to $1594.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.58% or 0.74 to hit $47.49 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.21% or 0.63 to trade at $52.53 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.08% to 0.6544, while AUD/JPY fell 0.32% to 70.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.398.