Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.56% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Metcash Ltd (ASX:MTS), which rose 7.52% or 0.24 points to trade at 3.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) added 6.31% or 0.07 points to end at 1.10 and Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL) was up 5.25% or 0.33 points to 6.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Webjet Ltd (ASX:WEB), which fell 3.57% or 0.18 points to trade at 4.86 at the close. Collins Foods Ltd (ASX:CKF) declined 3.36% or 0.29 points to end at 8.33 and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) was down 3.13% or 0.52 points to 16.07.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 579 to 517 and 403 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.04% to 10.52.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.14% or 3.61 to $2,662.11 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.13 to trade at $71.96 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY rose 0.27% to 97.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.53.
