Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Gold, Financials and Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.66% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Hub24 Ltd (ASX:HUB), which rose 11.31% or 7.38 points to trade at 72.61 at the close. Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN) added 5.88% or 0.33 points to end at 5.94 and Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) was up 4.98% or 0.15 points to 3.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL), which lost 7.34% or 0.11 points to trade at 1.33 in late trade. Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:TAH) declined 4.41% or 0.03 points to end at 0.65 and Skycity Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SKC) shed 3.41% or 0.05 points to 1.27.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 532 to 507 and 385 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 1.76% to 10.61.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.50% or 13.70 to $2,745.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.51% or 0.39 to hit $76.78 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.09 to trade at $80.06 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.61% to 0.62, while AUD/JPY fell 0.72% to 96.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 108.18.