Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals & Mining, Resources and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were OZ Minerals Ltd (AX:OZL), which rose 4.72% or 0.350 points to trade at 7.770 at the close. Mineral Resources Ltd (AX:MIN) added 4.03% or 0.460 points to end at 11.870 and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG) was up 3.93% or 0.200 points to 5.290 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Iron Mountain Inc (AX:INM), which lost 3.34% or 1.51 points to trade at 43.72 in late trade. Nanosonics Ltd (AX:NAN) declined 2.63% or 0.065 points to end at 2.405 and Retail Food Group Ltd (AX:RFG) shed 2.32% or 0.105 points to 4.415.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 533 to 530 and 367 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.64% to 14.003.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.28 to $1210.92 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.29% or 0.13 to hit $44.53 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.15 to trade at $47.03 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.08% to 0.7612, while AUD/JPY rose 0.38% to 87.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 95.94.