Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Gold and IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 1.19%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Bingo Industries Ltd (ASX:BIN), which rose 20.44% or 0.560 points to trade at 3.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Nufarm Ltd (ASX:NUF) added 8.33% or 0.35 points to end at 4.55 and Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) was up 7.97% or 6.61 points to 89.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Worleyparsons Ltd (ASX:WOR), which fell 2.77% or 0.35 points to trade at 12.30 at the close. Bluescope Steel Ltd (ASX:BSL) declined 1.51% or 0.260 points to end at 17.010 and Rea Group Ltd (ASX:REA) was down 1.37% or 1.98 points to 142.52.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 809 to 536 and 371 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bingo Industries Ltd (ASX:BIN) rose to all time highs; gaining 20.44% or 0.560 to 3.300.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.21% to 15.338.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.55% or 10.15 to $1840.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.25% or 0.13 to hit $52.55 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.91% or 0.50 to trade at $55.25 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.46% to 0.7714, while AUD/JPY rose 0.79% to 80.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 90.662.