Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Materials, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pilbara Minerals Ltd (AX:PLS), which rose 5.35% or 0.043 points to trade at 0.838 at the close. South32 Ltd (AX:S32) added 5.14% or 0.170 points to end at 3.480 and Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC) was up 4.95% or 0.470 points to 9.960 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IPH Ltd (AX:IPH), which lost 3.06% or 0.110 points to trade at 3.490 in late trade. Nanosonics Ltd (AX:NAN) declined 2.73% or 0.070 points to end at 2.490 and Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (AX:CTD) shed 1.81% or 0.410 points to 22.290.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 655 to 522 and 394 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 5.90% to 14.094.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.35% or 4.70 to $1335.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.66% or 0.42 to hit $63.84 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.40 to trade at $69.05 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.44% to 0.7732, while AUD/JPY rose 0.82% to 82.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 89.63.