Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the rose 1.44%.
The best performers of the session on the were AGL Energy Ltd (ASX:), which rose 7.51% or 0.70 points to trade at 10.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Star Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:) added 5.75% or 0.03 points to end at 0.46 and Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (ASX:) was up 5.47% or 0.17 points to 3.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:), which fell 10.48% or 0.11 points to trade at 0.94 at the close. Sims Metal Management Ltd (ASX:) declined 6.52% or 0.77 points to end at 11.04 and Bapcor Ltd (ASX:) was down 3.45% or 0.16 points to 4.48.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 677 to 491 and 453 ended unchanged.
Shares in Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 10.48% or 0.11 to 0.94. Shares in Sims Metal Management Ltd (ASX:) fell to 3-years lows; down 6.52% or 0.77 to 11.04.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.50% to 11.30.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.15% or 3.55 to $2,327.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.14% or 0.11 to hit $78.59 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $83.44 a barrel.
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AUD/USD was unchanged 0.51% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY fell 0.11% to 101.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 105.13.