Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Financials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH), which rose 9.02% or 0.23 points to trade at 2.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW) added 6.87% or 0.27 points to end at 4.20 and Hub24 Ltd (ASX:HUB) was up 6.17% or 1.10 points to 18.93 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1), which fell 4.34% or 0.23 points to trade at 5.07 at the close. APA Group (ASX:APA) declined 4.03% or 0.45 points to end at 10.71 and GUD Holdings Ltd (ASX:GUD) was down 3.52% or 0.28 points to 7.68.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 843 to 613 and 377 ended unchanged.
Shares in Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.34% or 0.23 to 5.07. Shares in GUD Holdings Ltd (ASX:GUD) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.52% or 0.28 to 7.68.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 11.08% to 20.68.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.22% or 4.05 to $1,836.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.83% or 1.98 to hit $109.97 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.91% or 1.04 to trade at $115.17 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.53% to 0.70, while AUD/JPY rose 0.64% to 94.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 103.93.