Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms Services, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:IFL), which rose 13.64% or 0.30 points to trade at 2.50 at the close. Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) added 4.22% or 1.47 points to end at 36.34 and Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) was up 3.44% or 0.06 points to 1.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:CUV), which lost 6.32% or 0.98 points to trade at 14.53 in late trade. Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB) declined 2.68% or 0.03 points to end at 1.09 and Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) shed 2.49% or 0.07 points to 2.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 584 to 512 and 476 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 2.25% to 11.32.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.33% or 7.80 to $2,371.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $82.37 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.06 to trade at $85.81 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.07% to 108.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.67.