Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the gain is 0.48%.
The best performers of the session were Ingenia Communities Group (ASX: ), which rose 15.04% or 0.68 points to trade at 5.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX: ) added 6.61% or 0.40 points to 6.45 and Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX: ) was up 6.25% or 0.04 points to 0.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mesoblast Ltd (ASX: ), which declined 9.25% or 0.26 points to trade at 2.55 at the close. Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX: ) declined 8.77% or 0.14 points to end at 1.41 and Appen Ltd (ASX: ) declined 6.20% or 0.17 points to trade at 2.57.
On the Sydney Stock Exchange, gainers outnumbered decliners by 584 to 459, with 451 ending unchanged.
which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, fell 4.53% to 11.72.
Gold futures for February delivery rose 0.20% or 5.25 to $2,683.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude for March delivery fell 0.49% or 0.38 to $76.92 a barrel, while the March Brent crude contract fell 0.60% or 0.49 to 80, 52 dollars per barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.10% at 0.62, while AUD/JPY rose 0.19% to 97.46.
US dollar index futures fell 0.32% to 109.46.
