Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals & Mining, Resources and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were APN Outdoor Group Ltd (AX:APO), which rose 17.28% or 0.800 points to trade at 5.430 at the close. Meanwhile, Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) added 11.24% or 0.280 points to end at 2.770 and Independence Group NL (AX:IGO) was up 8.73% or 0.370 points to 4.610 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (AX:SXL), which fell 4.86% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.370 at the close. Nine Ent Fpo (AX:NEC) declined 3.19% or 0.030 points to end at 0.910 and Macquarie Group Ltd (AX:MQG) was down 2.63% or 2.085 points to 77.295.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 590 to 459 and 310 ended unchanged.
Shares in Independence Group NL (AX:IGO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 8.73% or 0.370 to 4.610.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.06% to 18.336.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.32% or 4.15 to $1283.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $44.94 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.17 to trade at $46.32 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.31% to 0.7704, while AUD/JPY fell 0.32% to 80.46.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 97.75.