Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.56% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Metcash Ltd (ASX:MTS), which rose 7.52% or 0.24 points to trade at 3.43 at the close. Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) added 6.31% or 0.07 points to end at 1.10 and Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL) was up 5.25% or 0.33 points to 6.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Webjet Ltd (ASX:WEB), which lost 3.57% or 0.18 points to trade at 4.86 in late trade. Collins Foods Ltd (ASX:CKF) declined 3.36% or 0.29 points to end at 8.33 and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) shed 3.13% or 0.52 points to 16.07.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 579 to 517 and 403 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 1.04% to 10.52.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.13% or 3.44 to $2,661.94 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $68.15 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.12 to trade at $71.95 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY rose 0.26% to 97.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.53.