Australia shares higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.30%

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Investing.com – Australia equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Telecoms Services and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.30%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which rose 8.43% or 0.11 points to trade at 1.35 at the close. Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) added 6.35% or 0.06 points to end at 1.00 and Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV) was up 5.53% or 0.13 points to 2.48 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Steadfast Group Ltd (ASX:SDF), which lost 10.74% or 0.64 points to trade at 5.32 in late trade. Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) declined 4.39% or 0.03 points to end at 0.55 and AP Eagers Ltd (ASX:APE) shed 2.81% or 0.29 points to 10.04.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 568 to 513 and 424 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.80% to 12.29.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.85 to $2,533.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.47% or 0.32 to hit $68.39 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.24 to trade at $71.60 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.06% to 95.53.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.59.

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