Investing.com – Australian shares were higher after Monday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed shares higher.
At the close in Sydney, the price added 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:), which rose 3.72% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:) added 3.71% or 0.25 points to end at 6.99 and Platinum Asset Management Ltd (ASX:) rose 3.36% or 0.04 points to 1.23 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:), which fell 5.52% or 1.01 points to trade at 17.28 at the close. St Barbara Ltd (ASX:) fell 4.21% or 0.02 points to end at 0.46 and Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:) fell 4.86% or 0.16 points to 3.13.
The number of falling shares outnumbered rising shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 614 to 503, with 466 ending unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, fell 0.58% to 12.42.
December gold futures fell 0.23%, or 6.35, to $2,748.25 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for December delivery fell 4.67% or 3.35 to $68.43 per barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 4.46% or 3.37 to $72.26 per barrel. barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged by 0.23% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY fell by 0.03% to 101.25.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.28% to 104.42.
