Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Telecoms Services and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 1.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Kathmandu Holdings Ltd (ASX:KMD), which rose 5.60% or 0.065 points to trade at 1.225 at the close. Premier Investments Ltd (ASX:PMV) added 5.52% or 0.730 points to end at 13.950 and Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (ASX:LNG) was up 4.84% or 0.180 points to 3.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Flight Centre Ltd (ASX:FLT), which lost 13.59% or 5.900 points to trade at 37.510 in late trade. Flexigroup Ltd (ASX:FXL) declined 7.00% or 0.240 points to end at 3.190 and Covermore Fpo (ASX:CVO) shed 6.83% or 0.170 points to 2.320.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 573 to 520 and 205 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 4.80% to 15.620.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1185.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.22% or 0.14 to hit $60.24 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $63.30 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.18% to 0.7740, while AUD/JPY rose 0.38% to 95.69.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.44% at 94.94.