Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Metals & Mining and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:MND), which rose 10.83% or 1.28 points to trade at 13.10 at the close. Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL) added 9.36% or 0.41 points to end at 4.79 and Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (ASX:RWC) was up 8.94% or 0.42 points to 5.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dexus (ASX:DXS), which lost 8.93% or 0.67 points to trade at 6.83 in late trade. Iress Ltd (ASX:IRE) declined 7.86% or 0.82 points to end at 9.61 and Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX:MFG) shed 5.56% or 0.60 points to 10.19.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 586 to 509 and 450 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 2.83% to 12.49.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.08% or 2.05 to $2,543.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.56% or 0.41 to hit $73.25 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.41 to trade at $77.25 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.25% to 98.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 101.79.