Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the IT, Real Estate Investment and Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX), which rose 13.29% or 0.690 points to trade at 5.880 at the close. IPH Ltd (AX:IPH) added 6.67% or 0.360 points to end at 5.760 and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG) was up 6.26% or 0.320 points to 5.430 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bega Cheese Ltd (AX:BGA), which lost 18.80% or 1.220 points to trade at 5.270 in late trade. ALS Ltd (AX:ALQ) declined 4.50% or 0.290 points to end at 6.160 and Asaleo Care (AX:AHY) shed 4.08% or 0.060 points to 1.410.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 558 to 464 and 326 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 3.41% to 13.077.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.65 to $1266.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $50.52 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.08 to trade at $51.38 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.24% to 0.7631, while AUD/JPY rose 0.48% to 79.69.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 98.72.