Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Financials and Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL), which rose 6.13% or 0.08 points to trade at 1.34 at the close. Iluka Resources Ltd (ASX:ILU) added 5.23% or 0.18 points to end at 3.62 and Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) was up 3.92% or 0.31 points to 8.21 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Collins Foods Ltd (ASX:CKF), which lost 7.73% or 0.67 points to trade at 8.00 in late trade. Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) declined 4.55% or 0.04 points to end at 0.84 and Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX:TWE) shed 3.38% or 0.29 points to 8.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 583 to 479 and 447 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 8.57% to 15.00.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.51% or 16.59 to $3,242.89 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.63% or 0.39 to hit $61.92 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.35 to trade at $65.23 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 1.19% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY rose 0.88% to 90.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 99.48.