Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Metals & Mining , Materials and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.95%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Collins Foods Ltd (ASX: CKF ), which rose 16.80% or 1.22 points to trade at 8.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Appen Ltd (ASX: APX ) added 10.31% or 0.10 points to end at 1.07 and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS ) was up 6.64% or 0.08 points to 1.28 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM ), which fell 9.38% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.29 at the close. Woodside Energy Ltd (ASX: WDS ) declined 6.69% or 1.73 points to end at 24.12 and Fletcher Building Ltd (ASX: FBU ) was down 3.51% or 0.10 points to 2.75.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 644 to 486 and 465 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.80% to 11.19.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.73% or 58.63 to $3,336.37 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 5.23% or 3.58 to hit $64.93 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.95% or 3.49 to trade at $67.03 a barrel.

AUD/USD was up 0.79% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY rose 0.07% to 94.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 97.61.