Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Resources and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Credit Corp Group Ltd (AX:CCP), which rose 8.07% or 1.530 points to trade at 20.490 at the close. Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) added 3.24% or 0.095 points to end at 3.025 and Janus Henderson Group PLC DRC (AX:JHG) was up 2.93% or 1.240 points to 43.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Regis Resources Ltd (AX:RRL), which lost 10.80% or 0.540 points to trade at 4.460 in late trade. Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC) declined 7.43% or 1.230 points to end at 15.330 and Carsales.Com Ltd (AX:CAR) shed 4.88% or 0.700 points to 13.650.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 653 to 589 and 355 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 1.56% to 11.764 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.80 to $1220.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.41% or 0.29 to hit $69.84 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.32% or 0.24 to trade at $75.31 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.31% to 0.7430, while AUD/JPY rose 0.51% to 82.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.16.