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Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.78% -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.78%

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

The Sydney close saw the price rise by 0.78%.

They were the top performers at the session Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX) climbed 9.81%, or 1.550 points, to trade at 17.350 by the close. Meanwhile, Champion Iron Ltd (ASX) added 8.4%, or 0.340 points, to reach 4.570 Mirvac Group Late trade saw an ASX increase of 5.00%, or 0.14 points, to 2.94

Bapcor Ltd. ASX: was among the worst-performing stocks of the session. It fell 9.88%, or 0.79 points, to close at 7.46. Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX): The ASX declined by 5.63% or 3.16 to reach 53.00 Silver Lake Resources Ltd (ASX:), was lower by 5.60% (0.100 points) to 1.685

The Sydney Stock Exchange reported that falling stocks outnumbered those in progress by 826 to 601 while 375 ended the same.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 6.57% to 12.551.

For December delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.12% to $1808.45 per troy an ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil fell 0.83 or 1.08% to reach $75.92 per barrel. The January Brent oil contract dropped 0.57 or 0.72% to trade at $79.13 per barrel.

AUD/USD rose 0.02% at 0.7225 while AUD/JPY dropped 0.07% to 82.90.

At 96.422, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.13%.

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