Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Real Estate Investment and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nextdc Ltd (AX:NXT), which rose 4.85% or 0.205 points to trade at 4.435 at the close. Breville Group Ltd (AX:BRG) added 4.56% or 0.450 points to end at 10.310 and Australian Agricultural Company Ltd (AX:AAC) was up 4.30% or 0.065 points to 1.575 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP), which lost 17.71% or 9.050 points to trade at 42.060 in late trade. Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia Ltd (AX:GMA) declined 6.53% or 0.205 points to end at 2.935 and Flexigroup Ltd (AX:FXL) shed 5.15% or 0.095 points to 1.750.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 628 to 501 and 373 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 6.65% to 14.246.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.83% or 10.68 to $1279.72 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $47.62 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.07 to trade at $50.80 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7851, while AUD/JPY rose 0.67% to 86.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 93.55.