Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, A-REITs and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Cromwell Property Group (ASX:CMW), which rose 9.72% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.40 at the close. Meanwhile, TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX:TPG) added 5.60% or 0.29 points to end at 5.47 and Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) was up 5.36% or 0.02 points to 0.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bapcor Ltd (ASX:BAP), which fell 11.53% or 0.77 points to trade at 5.91 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) declined 5.26% or 0.02 points to end at 0.36 and Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) was down 3.77% or 0.04 points to 1.02.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 592 to 588 and 369 ended unchanged.
Shares in Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.77% or 0.04 to 1.02.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.89% to 12.55.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 2.05 to $1,932.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.12% or 0.10 to hit $85.16 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.07 to trade at $89.58 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 0.63, while AUD/JPY rose 0.14% to 94.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 106.25.