Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Energy and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Mesoblast Ltd (AX:MSB), which rose 5.29% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.195 at the close. Bendigo And Adelaide Bank Ltd (AX:BEN) added 3.65% or 0.370 points to end at 10.520 and ANZ Banking Group (AX:ANZ) was up 2.84% or 0.730 points to 26.430 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ioof Holdings Ltd (AX:IFL), which lost 7.36% or 0.685 points to trade at 8.625 in late trade. Programmed Maintenance Services Ltd (AX:PRG) declined 3.71% or 0.075 points to end at 1.945 and Cochlear Ltd (AX:COH) shed 3.41% or 4.390 points to 124.200.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 615 to 465 and 330 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 8.12% to 12.720 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.26% or 3.45 to $1337.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.84% or 0.36 to hit $42.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.90% or 0.41 to trade at $44.98 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.26% to 0.7631, while AUD/JPY fell 0.29% to 78.15.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 96.42.