Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.86% 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 rose 0.86%.

The best performers of the session on the were Collins Foods Ltd (ASX:), which rose 11.52% or 1.03 points to trade at 9.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:) added 8.89% or 0.02 points to end at 0.25 and Polynovo Ltd (ASX:) was up 7.25% or 0.10 points to 1.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:), which fell 8.57% or 0.24 points to trade at 2.56 at the close. Zip Co Ltd (ASX:) declined 7.77% or 0.04 points to end at 0.47 and Appen Ltd (ASX:) was down 5.81% or 0.37 points to 6.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 754 to 746 and 370 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.73% to 17.90.

Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.17% or 3.15 to $1,827.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.28% or 1.40 to hit $110.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 1.44 to trade at $112.42 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 0.69, while AUD/JPY rose 0.53% to 94.26.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 103.68.