© Reuters. Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.13%
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 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the were Reece Ltd (ASX:), which rose 19.22% or 4.63 points to trade at 28.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Appen Ltd (ASX:) added 13.10% or 0.06 points to end at 0.47 and G8 Education Ltd (ASX:) was up 12.05% or 0.14 points to 1.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:), which fell 13.90% or 0.13 points to trade at 0.81 at the close. Healius Ltd (ASX:) declined 7.94% or 0.11 points to end at 1.27 and Megaport Ltd (ASX:) was down 4.91% or 0.71 points to 13.75.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 675 to 433 and 350 ended unchanged.
Shares in Reece Ltd (ASX:) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 19.22% or 4.63 to 28.72.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.90% to 11.14.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.16% or 3.25 to $2,042.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $77.62 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $81.71 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY fell 0.09% to 98.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 103.69.
