Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Metals & Mining and Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR), which rose 5.70% or 0.055 points to trade at 1.020 at the close. Meanwhile, Sims Metal Management Ltd (AX:SGM) added 2.91% or 0.340 points to end at 12.010 and St Barbara Ltd (AX:SBM) was up 2.88% or 0.080 points to 2.860 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sirtex Medical Ltd (AX:SRX), which fell 4.33% or 0.670 points to trade at 14.820 at the close. Orica Ltd (AX:ORI) declined 3.68% or 0.710 points to end at 18.570 and National Australia Bank Ltd (AX:NAB) was down 3.54% or 1.155 points to 31.485.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 569 to 470 and 399 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.19% to 11.867.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.31% or 3.83 to $1233.83 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.37% or 0.18 to hit $49.03 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.16 to trade at $51.98 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.12% to 0.7422, while AUD/JPY fell 0.12% to 84.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 98.66.