Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, IT and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.38% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Costa Group Holdings Ltd (AX:CGC), which rose 7.19% or 0.315 points to trade at 4.695 at the close. BT Investment Management Ltd (AX:BTT) added 3.86% or 0.415 points to end at 11.175 and Aurizon Holdings Ltd (AX:AZJ) was up 3.42% or 0.180 points to 5.440 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asaleo Care (AX:AHY), which lost 7.87% or 0.140 points to trade at 1.640 in late trade. Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY) declined 4.84% or 0.023 points to end at 0.443 and Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) shed 4.42% or 0.048 points to 1.028.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 545 to 517 and 399 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 up 5.03% to 12.702 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.33% or 4.10 to $1258.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $52.94 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.11 to trade at $55.87 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7501, while AUD/JPY fell 0.23% to 83.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 100.97.