Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Resources, Energy and Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.96% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Independence Group NL (AX:IGO), which rose 9.06% or 0.280 points to trade at 3.370 at the close. Meanwhile, Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) added 8.30% or 0.200 points to end at 2.610 and Worleyparsons Ltd (AX:WOR) was up 7.08% or 0.415 points to 6.275 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (AX:LNG), which fell 9.52% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.570 at the close. APN Outdoor Group Ltd (AX:APO) declined 5.47% or 0.380 points to end at 6.570 and Qantas Airways Ltd (AX:QAN) was down 5.25% or 0.190 points to 3.430.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 583 to 480 and 311 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 6.66% to 15.822.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1234.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.27% or 0.11 to hit $41.30 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.11 to trade at $43.02 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.48% to 0.7786, while AUD/JPY rose 0.69% to 84.90.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 94.37.