Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Metals & Mining and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Costa Group Holdings Ltd (AX:CGC), which rose 9.95% or 0.620 points to trade at 6.850 at the close. Nanosonics Ltd (AX:NAN) added 4.65% or 0.120 points to end at 2.700 and Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd (AX:NEC) was up 4.09% or 0.09 points to 2.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Speedcast International Ltd (AX:SDA), which lost 6.81% or 0.380 points to trade at 5.200 in late trade. IPH Ltd (AX:IPH) declined 6.06% or 0.220 points to end at 3.410 and Asaleo Care (AX:AHY) shed 5.52% or 0.080 points to 1.370.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 649 to 622 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 2.76% to 13.023.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.13% or 1.70 to $1334.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.17% or 0.11 to hit $63.80 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.10 to trade at $67.19 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.08% to 0.7848, while AUD/JPY fell 0.13% to 83.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 89.71.