Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.08%

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

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Austal Ltd (ASX:ASB), which rose 7.96% or 0.31 points to trade at 4.14 at the close. Meanwhile, EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) added 4.84% or 0.05 points to end at 0.98 and Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1) was up 4.54% or 0.45 points to 10.37 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Gold Road Resources Ltd (ASX:GOR), which fell 5.30% or 0.14 points to trade at 2.50 at the close. Skycity Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SKC) declined 4.76% or 0.06 points to end at 1.10 and Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) was down 4.67% or 0.09 points to 1.89.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 579 to 455 and 393 ended unchanged.

Shares in Skycity Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SKC) fell to all time lows; losing 4.76% or 0.06 to 1.10.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.59% to 14.97.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.51% or 15.30 to $3,021.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.39% or 0.26 to hit $67.63 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.29 to trade at $71.36 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY rose 0.06% to 95.33.

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The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 103.18.

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