Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Healthcare and IT sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Regis Healthcare Ltd (AX:REG), which rose 6.32% or 0.280 points to trade at 4.710 at the close. Metcash Ltd (AX:MTS) added 4.31% or 0.080 points to end at 1.935 and Blackmores Ltd (AX:BKL) was up 4.21% or 5.720 points to 141.490 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CSR Ltd (AX:CSR), which lost 3.85% or 0.150 points to trade at 3.750 in late trade. Boral Ltd. (AX:BLD) declined 3.76% or 0.245 points to end at 6.275 and Mesoblast Ltd (AX:MSB) shed 3.80% or 0.045 points to 1.140.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 510 to 488 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 1.08% to 19.844.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.45% or 5.85 to $1286.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.68% or 0.34 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.42 to trade at $50.23 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.15% to 0.7469, while AUD/JPY rose 0.58% to 77.95.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 93.61.