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

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.43% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Appen Ltd (ASX: APX ), which rose 17.46% or 0.17 points to trade at 1.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Polynovo Ltd (ASX: PNV ) added 15.07% or 0.22 points to end at 1.68 and Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX: MIN ) was up 9.78% or 2.23 points to 25.04 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX: PRU ), which fell 7.87% or 0.28 points to trade at 3.28 at the close. Regis Resources Ltd (ASX: RRL ) declined 7.49% or 0.35 points to end at 4.32 and Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX: WGX ) was down 8.13% or 0.23 points to 2.60.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 575 to 538 and 442 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 7.74% to 12.07.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.97% or 31.46 to $3,259.46 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $61.94 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.05 to trade at $64.91 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.55% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY rose 0.20% to 94.81.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 101.45.