Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Real Estate Investment and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.24% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Platinum Asset Management Ltd (ASX:PTM), which rose 12.63% or 0.13 points to trade at 1.12 at the close. Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) added 6.64% or 0.10 points to end at 1.61 and Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV) was up 5.71% or 0.14 points to 2.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Healius Ltd (ASX:HLS), which lost 2.62% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.67 in late trade. Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) declined 2.54% or 0.07 points to end at 2.69 and Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd (ASX:HVN) shed 2.43% or 0.12 points to 4.81.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 552 to 528 and 438 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 3.11% to 12.09.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 3.20 to $2,612.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.64% or 0.44 to hit $69.46 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.34 to trade at $73.09 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY rose 0.05% to 94.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 100.35.