Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.30%

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 added 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the were CYBG PLC (ASX:), which rose 9.60% or 0.240 points to trade at 2.740 at the close. Meanwhile, South32 Ltd (ASX:) added 6.56% or 0.160 points to end at 2.600 and Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (ASX:) was up 4.75% or 0.160 points to 3.530 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX:), which fell 8.58% or 0.820 points to trade at 8.740 at the close. Cochlear Ltd (ASX:) declined 5.52% or 11.83 points to end at 202.42 and Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:) was down 5.21% or 1.650 points to 30.010.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 579 to 536 and 333 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.29% to 12.929.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1488.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $53.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.17 to trade at $58.79 a barrel.

AUD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.6873, while AUD/JPY rose 0.09% to 74.63.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.042.

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