Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Metals & Mining and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Rio Tinto Ltd (AX:RIO), which rose 4.98% or 2.155 points to trade at 45.415 at the close. Alumina Ltd (AX:AWC) added 4.69% or 0.058 points to end at 1.282 and Mineral Resources Ltd (AX:MIN) was up 4.61% or 0.290 points to 6.580 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bellamys Australia Ltd (AX:BAL), which lost 10.55% or 1.050 points to trade at 8.900 in late trade. Blackmores Ltd (AX:BKL) declined 6.74% or 11.930 points to end at 165.030 and St Barbara Ltd (AX:SBM) shed 4.88% or 0.120 points to 2.340.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 503 to 464 and 345 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 2.86% to 18.124.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.16% or 2.00 to $1256.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.55% or 0.22 to hit $40.14 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.49% or 0.21 to trade at $42.62 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.38% to 0.7624, while AUD/JPY rose 0.73% to 82.60.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 94.00.