Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.66% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Webjet Ltd (AX:WEB), which rose 3.55% or 0.380 points to trade at 11.090 at the close. Altium Ltd (AX:ALU) added 3.49% or 0.690 points to end at 20.450 and Aristocrat Leisure Ltd (AX:ALL) was up 3.49% or 0.895 points to 26.525 in late trade.
Biggest losers included South32 Ltd (AX:S32), which lost 9.34% or 0.370 points to trade at 3.590 in late trade. Boral Ltd. (AX:BLD) declined 8.50% or 0.640 points to end at 6.890 and Australian Pharma Industries Ltd (AX:API) shed 7.52% or 0.100 points to 1.230.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 618 to 604 and 355 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 0.71% to 11.666.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.32% or 4.20 to $1328.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.89% or 0.61 to hit $69.25 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.47 to trade at $75.18 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.01% to 0.7605, while AUD/JPY rose 0.11% to 82.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 90.67.