Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate Investment, Metals & Mining and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Regis Healthcare Ltd (AX:REG), which rose 14.39% or 0.580 points to trade at 4.610 at the close. Japara Fpo (AX:JHC) added 10.89% or 0.215 points to end at 2.190 and Estia Health Ltd (AX:EHE) was up 10.28% or 0.260 points to 2.790 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Regis Resources Ltd (AX:RRL), which lost 5.00% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.660 in late trade. Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA) declined 2.66% or 0.085 points to end at 3.115 and Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE) shed 2.60% or 0.110 points to 4.120.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 598 to 467 and 299 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 7.23% to 12.390.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.18% or 2.15 to $1174.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.98% or 0.51 to hit $51.28 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.43 to trade at $54.51 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.13% to 0.7462, while AUD/JPY fell 0.22% to 84.88.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 100.19.