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Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.28%

Published 02/19/2019, 01:00 AM
Updated 02/19/2019, 01:00 AM
© Reuters.  Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.28%

© Reuters. Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.28%

Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Financials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.28% to hit a new 3-months high.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Altium Ltd (AX:ALU), which rose 20.28% or 5.490 points to trade at 32.560 at the close. Meanwhile, Ioof Holdings Ltd (AX:IFL) added 16.42% or 0.870 points to end at 6.170 and Aveo Group (AX:AOG) was up 5.18% or 0.100 points to 2.030 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Blackmores Ltd (AX:BKL), which fell 24.85% or 30.70 points to trade at 92.86 at the close. Emeco Holdings Ltd (AX:EHL) declined 24.20% or 0.680 points to end at 2.130 and Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) was down 9.63% or 0.310 points to 2.910.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 619 to 527 and 341 ended unchanged.

Shares in Altium Ltd (AX:ALU) rose to all time highs; rising 20.28% or 5.490 to 32.560. Shares in Blackmores Ltd (AX:BKL) fell to 52-week lows; down 24.85% or 30.70 to 92.86.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.82% to 12.630.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.38% or 5.05 to $1327.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.45% or 0.25 to hit $56.23 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.20 to trade at $66.30 a barrel.

AUD/USD was down 0.20% to 0.7116, while AUD/JPY fell 0.18% to 78.72.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 96.738.

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