Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Gold, Utilities and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Infigen Energy (AX:IFN), which rose 8.07% or 0.065 points to trade at 0.870 at the close. Challenger Ltd (AX:CGF) added 6.00% or 0.600 points to end at 10.600 and Credit Corp Group Ltd (AX:CCP) was up 4.57% or 0.870 points to 19.920 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Caltex Australia Ltd (AX:CTX), which lost 4.31% or 1.480 points to trade at 32.830 in late trade. Incitec Pivot Ltd (AX:IPL) declined 4.12% or 0.120 points to end at 2.790 and Blackmores Ltd (AX:BKL) shed 3.50% or 4.080 points to 112.570.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 546 to 501 and 309 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 4.11% to 14.002.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.26% or 3.25 to $1259.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.56% or 0.28 to hit $50.22 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.28 to trade at $51.80 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.51% to 0.7669, while AUD/JPY rose 0.57% to 79.70.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 97.71.