Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were CYBG PLC (ASX:CYB), which rose 9.60% or 0.240 points to trade at 2.740 at the close. Meanwhile, South32 Ltd (ASX:S32) added 6.56% or 0.160 points to end at 2.600 and Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (ASX:SAR) was up 4.75% or 0.160 points to 3.530 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX:SUL), which fell 8.58% or 0.820 points to trade at 8.740 at the close. Cochlear Ltd (ASX:COH) declined 5.52% or 11.83 points to end at 202.42 and Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:PME) was down 5.21% or 1.650 points to 30.010.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 579 to 536 and 333 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.29% to 12.929.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1488.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $53.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.17 to trade at $58.79 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.6873, while AUD/JPY rose 0.09% to 74.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.042.