Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pilbara Minerals Ltd (AX:PLS), which rose 5.35% or 0.043 points to trade at 0.838 at the close. Meanwhile, South32 Ltd (AX:S32) added 5.14% or 0.170 points to end at 3.480 and Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC) was up 4.95% or 0.470 points to 9.960 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IPH Ltd (AX:IPH), which fell 3.06% or 0.110 points to trade at 3.490 at the close. Nanosonics Ltd (AX:NAN) declined 2.73% or 0.070 points to end at 2.490 and Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (AX:CTD) was down 1.81% or 0.410 points to 22.290.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 653 to 523 and 395 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 5.90% to 14.094.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.35% or 4.70 to $1335.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.69% or 0.44 to hit $63.86 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.43 to trade at $69.08 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.47% to 0.7734, while AUD/JPY rose 0.84% to 82.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.62.