Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 3.75% 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 3.75%.

The best performers of the session on the were Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:), which rose 12.31% or 0.56 points to trade at 5.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Silver Lake Resources Ltd (ASX:) added 10.78% or 0.13 points to end at 1.28 and St Barbara Ltd (ASX:) was up 9.09% or 0.07 points to 0.78 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.84 at the close. Telstra Corporation Ltd. (ASX:) added 0.26% or 0.01 points to end at 3.85 and Ampol Ltd (ASX:) was up 0.38% or 0.11 points to 29.27.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 994 to 327 and 326 ended unchanged.

Shares in Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:) rose to all time highs; gaining 12.31% or 0.56 to 5.11.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 8.03% to 19.53.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.98% or 16.75 to $1,718.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.47% or 0.39 to hit $84.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.52 to trade at $89.38 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY rose 0.32% to 94.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 110.98.