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 rose 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG), which rose 6.43% or 0.460 points to trade at 7.610 at the close. Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC) added 4.86% or 1.070 points to end at 23.070 and Independence Group NL (AX:IGO) was up 4.56% or 0.200 points to 4.590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Graincorp Ltd (AX:GNC), which lost 6.96% or 0.610 points to trade at 8.150 in late trade. NRW Holdings Ltd (AX:NWH) declined 5.20% or 0.140 points to end at 2.550 and Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (AX:MYX) shed 3.55% or 0.025 points to 0.680.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 578 to 550 and 407 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 6.79% to 13.145.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.15% or 1.95 to $1281.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $62.37 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.07 to trade at $71.17 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.62% to 0.7032, while AUD/JPY rose 0.58% to 77.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.213.