Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Resources and A-REITs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.81% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW), which rose 11.44% or 0.42 points to trade at 4.09 at the close. Meanwhile, James Hardie Industries PLC (ASX:JHX) added 11.20% or 2.40 points to end at 23.82 and Worleyparsons Ltd (ASX:WOR) was up 9.63% or 0.80 points to 9.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL), which fell 4.79% or 0.260 points to trade at 5.170 at the close. Jumbo Interactive Ltd (ASX:JIN) declined 4.10% or 0.51 points to end at 11.93 and Silver Lake Resources Ltd (ASX:SLR) was down 3.59% or 0.080 points to 2.150.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 825 to 417 and 316 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 17.77% to 20.261 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.17% or 2.90 to $1731.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.70% or 0.22 to hit $31.87 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.14 to trade at $34.95 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.47% to 0.6553, while AUD/JPY rose 0.57% to 70.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 99.465.