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, it rose 0.66% to hit a new one-month high.
The best performers of the session were Hub24 Ltd (ASX: ), which rose 11.31% or 7.38 points to trade at 72.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Kogan.com Ltd (ASX: ) added 5.88% or 0.33 points to end at 5.94 and Zip Co Ltd (ASX: ) was up 4.98% or 0.15 points to 3 ,16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX: ), which fell 7.34% or 0.11 points to trade at 1.33 at the close. Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX: ) declined 4.41% or 0.03 points to 0.65 and Skycity Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX: ) declined 3.41% or 0.05 points to 1.27.
Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 532 to 507, with 385 ending unchanged.
which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, fell 1.76% to 10.61.
Gold futures for February delivery rose 0.48% or 13.17 to $2,744.97 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude for March delivery rose 0.50% or 0.38 to $76.77 a barrel, while the March Brent crude contract fell 0.12% or 0.10 to 80, 05 dollars per barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.61% at 0.62, while AUD/JPY fell 0.74% to 96.88.
US dollar index futures rose 0.29% to 108.19.
