Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, IT and Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 3.11%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Viva Energy Group Ltd (ASX:VEA), which rose 13.78% or 0.195 points to trade at 1.610 at the close. Meanwhile, NRW Holdings Ltd (ASX:NWH) added 12.57% or 0.22 points to end at 1.97 and South32 Ltd (ASX:S32) was up 12.53% or 0.225 points to 2.020 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were oOh!Media Ltd (ASX:OML), which fell 5.15% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.84 at the close. Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC) declined 3.74% or 0.42 points to end at 10.80 and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) was down 3.73% or 0.530 points to 13.690.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 701 to 600 and 250 ended unchanged.
Shares in oOh!Media Ltd (ASX:OML) fell to all time lows; losing 5.15% or 0.10 to 1.84.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 14.07% to 30.032.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.95% or 16.00 to $1659.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 7.00% or 2.18 to hit $33.31 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 7.28% or 2.50 to trade at $36.86 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.58% to 0.6548, while AUD/JPY rose 1.79% to 68.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.07% at 95.882.