Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Real Estate Investment and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Ardent Leisure Group (AX:AAD), which rose 7.41% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.030 at the close. Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY) added 6.06% or 0.098 points to end at 1.708 and Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd (AX:HVN) was up 5.26% or 0.200 points to 4.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN), which lost 4.53% or 0.105 points to trade at 2.215 in late trade. St Barbara Ltd (AX:SBM) declined 2.82% or 0.080 points to end at 2.760 and Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) shed 2.17% or 0.025 points to 1.125.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 727 to 376 and 327 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 1.15% to 13.828.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.52% or 6.34 to $1225.54 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.55% or 0.26 to hit $46.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.60% or 0.30 to trade at $49.38 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.70% to 0.7607, while AUD/JPY fell 1.07% to 85.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.99.