Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the A-REITs, Financials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Incitec Pivot Ltd (AX:IPL), which rose 9.79% or 0.280 points to trade at 3.140 at the close. Meanwhile, M Pharma Fp (AX:MYX) added 4.81% or 0.065 points to end at 1.415 and Macquarie Group Ltd (AX:MQG) was up 4.32% or 2.895 points to 69.895 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sims Metal Management Ltd (AX:SGM), which fell 10.11% or 0.950 points to trade at 8.450 at the close. Bluescope Steel Ltd (AX:BSL) declined 7.73% or 0.490 points to end at 5.850 and Greencross Ltd (AX:GXL) was down 7.30% or 0.555 points to 7.045.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 595 to 454 and 346 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.16% to 18.306.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.13% or 1.60 to $1268.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $43.41 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.16 to trade at $43.79 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.16% to 0.7329, while AUD/JPY rose 0.59% to 79.72.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 94.17.