Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Metals & Mining and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nextdc Ltd (AX:NXT), which rose 6.33% or 0.260 points to trade at 4.370 at the close. Meanwhile, Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) added 5.41% or 0.140 points to end at 2.730 and Australian Pharma Industries Ltd (AX:API) was up 4.68% or 0.085 points to 1.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM), which fell 21.39% or 2.530 points to trade at 9.300 at the close. Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY) declined 4.58% or 0.018 points to end at 0.365 and Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) was down 4.42% or 0.063 points to 1.353.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 603 to 489 and 357 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nextdc Ltd (AX:NXT) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.33% or 0.260 to 4.370.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.29% to 15.043.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.08% or 1.05 to $1318.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.55% or 0.24 to hit $43.62 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.15 to trade at $45.80 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.11% to 0.7542, while AUD/JPY fell 0.18% to 76.81.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.79.