Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Metals & Mining and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY), which rose 10.13% or 0.240 points to trade at 2.610 at the close. Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (AX:TAH) added 4.33% or 0.180 points to end at 4.340 and South32 Ltd (AX:S32) was up 3.72% or 0.115 points to 3.205 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR), which lost 5.14% or 0.073 points to trade at 1.337 in late trade. Regis Resources Ltd (AX:RRL) declined 4.56% or 0.190 points to end at 3.980 and Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) shed 3.85% or 0.048 points to 1.188.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 615 to 557 and 374 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 2.07% to 12.320.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.48% or 6.39 to $1329.31 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.19% or 0.09 to hit $47.98 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.11 to trade at $53.73 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.8027, while AUD/JPY fell 0.08% to 87.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 91.83.