Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals & Mining, Materials and Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Bluescope Steel Ltd (AX:BSL), which rose 7.71% or 0.800 points to trade at 11.180 at the close. Meanwhile, Resmed Inc (AX:RMD) added 6.85% or 0.570 points to end at 8.890 and South32 Ltd (AX:S32) was up 6.25% or 0.160 points to 2.720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Syrah Res F (AX:SYR), which fell 2.99% or 0.100 points to trade at 3.250 at the close. Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP) declined 2.22% or 1.420 points to end at 62.580 and Infigen Energy (AX:IFN) was down 1.97% or 0.020 points to 0.995.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 551 to 497 and 351 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bluescope Steel Ltd (AX:BSL) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 7.71% or 0.800 to 11.180.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.75% to 13.560.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.05% or 0.65 to $1216.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.44% or 0.23 to hit $52.98 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.29 to trade at $55.52 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.14% to 0.7573, while AUD/JPY fell 0.01% to 85.46.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 100.05.