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 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the were Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:), which rose 13.64% or 0.30 points to trade at 2.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:) added 4.22% or 1.47 points to end at 36.34 and Zip Co Ltd (ASX:) was up 3.44% or 0.06 points to 1.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:), which fell 6.32% or 0.98 points to trade at 14.53 at the close. Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:) declined 2.68% or 0.03 points to end at 1.09 and Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:) was down 2.49% or 0.07 points to 2.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 584 to 512 and 476 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zip Co Ltd (ASX:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.44% or 0.06 to 1.81.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.25% to 11.32.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.32% or 7.55 to $2,371.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $82.37 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.06 to trade at $85.81 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.07% to 108.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 104.66.
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