Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, IT and Consumer Staples sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.92% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:RMD), which rose 6.84% or 1.940 points to trade at 30.310 at the close. Meanwhile, A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:A2M) added 5.42% or 0.31 points to end at 6.03 and Iluka Resources Ltd (ASX:ILU) was up 5.00% or 0.390 points to 8.190 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Austal Ltd (ASX:ASB), which fell 9.01% or 0.21 points to trade at 2.12 at the close. Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) declined 6.49% or 0.89 points to end at 12.83 and Nickel Mines Ltd (ASX:NIC) was down 4.15% or 0.045 points to 1.040.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 828 to 601 and 373 ended unchanged.
Shares in Resmed Inc DRC (ASX:RMD) rose to all time highs; rising 6.84% or 1.940 to 30.310. Shares in Austal Ltd (ASX:ASB) fell to 52-week lows; down 9.01% or 0.21 to 2.12.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 7.56% to 12.186.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.15% or 2.85 to $1868.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.35% or 0.25 to hit $71.13 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.27 to trade at $73.13 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.05% to 0.7708, while AUD/JPY fell 0.12% to 84.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 90.317.