Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, A-REITs and Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX), which rose 13.29% or 0.690 points to trade at 5.880 at the close. Meanwhile, IPH Ltd (AX:IPH) added 6.67% or 0.360 points to end at 5.760 and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG) was up 6.26% or 0.320 points to 5.430 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bega Cheese Ltd (AX:BGA), which fell 18.80% or 1.220 points to trade at 5.270 at the close. ALS Ltd (AX:ALQ) declined 4.50% or 0.290 points to end at 6.160 and Asaleo Care (AX:AHY) was down 4.08% or 0.060 points to 1.410.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 558 to 464 and 326 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.26% or 0.320 to 5.430.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.41% to 13.077.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.65 to $1266.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $50.52 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.08 to trade at $51.38 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.24% to 0.7631, while AUD/JPY rose 0.48% to 79.69.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 98.72.