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Australia shares higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.79%

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

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.79% to hit a new all time high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Healius Ltd (ASX:HLS), which rose 7.25% or 0.13 points to trade at 1.85 at the close. St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) added 6.76% or 0.03 points to end at 0.40 and Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) was up 5.26% or 0.04 points to 0.80 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Idp Education Ltd (ASX:IEL), which lost 7.44% or 1.10 points to trade at 13.69 in late trade. Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN) declined 4.85% or 0.25 points to end at 4.90 and Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) shed 4.29% or 0.10 points to 2.23.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 632 to 493 and 425 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 1.09% to 11.91.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.38% or 10.00 to $2,655.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.09% or 3.02 to hit $70.81 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 4.07% or 3.15 to trade at $74.31 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.50% to 100.24.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 103.11.

Disclaimer: For information purposes only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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