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 gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the were Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:), which rose 10.83% or 1.28 points to trade at 13.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Nuix Ltd (ASX:) added 9.36% or 0.41 points to end at 4.79 and Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (ASX:) was up 8.94% or 0.42 points to 5.12 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dexus (ASX:), which fell 8.93% or 0.67 points to trade at 6.83 at the close. Iress Ltd (ASX:) declined 7.86% or 0.82 points to end at 9.61 and Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX:) was down 5.56% or 0.60 points to 10.19.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 586 to 509 and 450 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nuix Ltd (ASX:) rose to 3-years highs; rising 9.36% or 0.41 to 4.79.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.83% to 12.49.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 1.65 to $2,542.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.56% or 0.41 to hit $73.25 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.41 to trade at $77.25 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.25% to 98.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 101.79.
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