Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.45%

Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals&Mining, Materials and Resources sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.45%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Elders Ltd (ASX:ELD), which rose 8.48% or 0.63 points to trade at 8.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) added 7.66% or 0.05 points to end at 0.67 and Ansell Ltd (ASX:ANN) was up 6.45% or 1.54 points to 25.43 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML), which fell 4.61% or 0.05 points to trade at 1.03 at the close. Nanosonics Ltd (ASX:NAN) declined 3.90% or 0.11 points to end at 2.71 and Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) was down 3.52% or 0.08 points to 2.19.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 616 to 568 and 434 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.15% to 11.00.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.58% or 13.55 to $2,364.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.14% or 0.12 to hit $86.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.15 to trade at $90.53 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.01% to 100.29.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 103.93.