Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Gold and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR), which rose 5.57% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.895 at the close. Webjet Ltd (AX:WEB) added 3.22% or 0.330 points to end at 10.590 and Whitehaven Coal Ltd (AX:WHC) was up 3.04% or 0.130 points to 4.410 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AMP Ltd (AX:AMP), which lost 4.41% or 0.210 points to trade at 4.550 in late trade. Platinum Asset Management Ltd (AX:PTM) declined 3.18% or 0.175 points to end at 5.335 and A2 Milk Company Ltd (AX:A2M) shed 3.25% or 0.380 points to 11.320.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 580 to 557 and 408 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 2.19% to 12.540.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.19% or 2.50 to $1348.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.47% or 0.31 to hit $66.53 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.25 to trade at $71.67 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.09% to 0.7774, while AUD/JPY fell 0.18% to 83.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 89.10.