Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.18% By Investing.com

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 0.18%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sims Metal Management Ltd (ASX:), which rose 7.08% or 1.04 points to trade at 15.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (ASX:) added 5.46% or 0.16 points to end at 3.09 and Challenger Ltd (ASX:) was up 4.41% or 0.32 points to 7.58 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Star Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:), which fell 13.47% or 0.20 points to trade at 1.28 at the close. Ansell Ltd (ASX:) declined 8.72% or 2.45 points to end at 25.64 and Appen Ltd (ASX:) was down 7.12% or 0.20 points to 2.61.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 671 to 578 and 380 ended unchanged.

Shares in Star Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:) fell to all time lows; down 13.47% or 0.20 to 1.28.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.11% to 13.58.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.32% or 6.00 to $1,869.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.94% or 0.75 to hit $79.39 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.52% or 0.45 to trade at $86.16 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 0.70, while AUD/JPY fell 0.34% to 91.90.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 103.07.