Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, A-REITs and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 1.46%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Mineral Resources Ltd (AX:MIN), which rose 13.76% or 1.365 points to trade at 11.285 at the close. Meanwhile, Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX) added 6.44% or 0.250 points to end at 4.130 and Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) was up 5.38% or 0.068 points to 1.323 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY), which fell 4.93% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.930 at the close. Independence Group NL (AX:IGO) declined 2.94% or 0.100 points to end at 3.300 and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG) was down 2.88% or 0.140 points to 4.720.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 611 to 609 and 395 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.87% to 12.504.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.06% or 0.82 to $1268.08 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.54% or 0.25 to hit $46.33 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.29 to trade at $48.58 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.19% to 0.7555, while AUD/JPY rose 0.29% to 83.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.23.