Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Gold, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Orora Ltd (ASX:ORA), which rose 19.69% or 0.38 points to trade at 2.28 at the close. Sims Metal Management Ltd (ASX:SGM) added 10.11% or 0.98 points to end at 10.67 and Challenger Ltd (ASX:CGF) was up 6.69% or 0.46 points to 7.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seek Ltd (ASX:SEK), which lost 7.37% or 1.63 points to trade at 20.50 in late trade. Netwealth Group Ltd (ASX:NWL) declined 5.47% or 1.20 points to end at 20.72 and Nanosonics Ltd (ASX:NAN) shed 5.37% or 0.16 points to 2.82.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 557 to 519 and 446 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 1.06% to 13.42.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.06% or 1.45 to $2,502.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.60% or 0.48 to hit $79.58 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.69% or 0.57 to trade at $81.73 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.52% to 97.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 102.97.