Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Metals & Mining and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nextdc Ltd (AX:NXT), which rose 6.33% or 0.260 points to trade at 4.370 at the close. Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) added 5.41% or 0.140 points to end at 2.730 and Australian Pharma Industries Ltd (AX:API) was up 4.68% or 0.085 points to 1.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM), which lost 21.39% or 2.530 points to trade at 9.300 in late trade. Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY) declined 4.58% or 0.018 points to end at 0.365 and Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) shed 4.42% or 0.063 points to 1.353.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 601 to 492 and 356 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 up 0.29% to 15.043.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.15 to $1318.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.57% or 0.25 to hit $43.61 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.35% or 0.16 to trade at $45.79 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.11% to 0.7542, while AUD/JPY fell 0.19% to 76.80.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.78.