Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Utilities and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 2.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Greencross Ltd (AX:GXL), which rose 9.57% or 0.550 points to trade at 6.300 at the close. Origin Energy Ltd (AX:ORG) added 7.38% or 0.360 points to end at 5.240 and Seven Group Holdings Ltd (AX:SVW) was up 7.29% or 0.350 points to 5.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mesoblast Ltd (AX:MSB), which lost 2.86% or 0.060 points to trade at 2.040 in late trade. ALS Ltd (AX:ALQ) declined 2.64% or 0.130 points to end at 4.790 and Qbe Insurance Group Ltd (AX:QBE) shed 1.97% or 0.260 points to 12.910.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 565 to 373 and 123 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 9.93% to 20.128.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.55% or 6.00 to $1077.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $41.69 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.11 to trade at $44.67 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.18% to 0.7084, while AUD/JPY rose 0.00% to 87.42.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 99.62.