Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals & Mining, Resources and Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Primary Health Care Ltd (ASX:PRY), which rose 7.84% or 0.400 points to trade at 5.500 at the close. Beadell Resources Ltd (ASX:BDR) added 6.12% or 0.015 points to end at 0.260 and Ozforex Grp (ASX:OFX) was up 5.70% or 0.13 points to 2.41 in late trade.
Biggest losers included G8 Education Ltd (ASX:GEM), which lost 5.35% or 0.190 points to trade at 3.360 in late trade. Independence Group NL (ASX:IGO) declined 4.55% or 0.250 points to end at 5.240 and Horizon Oil Ltd (ASX:HZN) shed 4.35% or 0.005 points to 0.110.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 361 to 226 and 36 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 4.64% to 14.272.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.19% or 2.30 to $1183.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.42% or 0.69 to hit $47.99 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.47 to trade at $55.83 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.27% to 0.7634, while AUD/JPY fell 0.27% to 91.69.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 98.57.