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

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.92% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX: MIN ), which rose 13.15% or 2.39 points to trade at 20.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Corp Group Ltd (ASX: CCP ) added 6.26% or 0.78 points to end at 13.25 and Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX: OBL ) was up 4.14% or 0.06 points to 1.51 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST ), which fell 4.74% or 0.99 points to trade at 19.88 at the close. Auckland International Airport Ltd (ASX: AIA ) declined 3.99% or 0.30 points to end at 7.21 and Cromwell Property Group (ASX: CMW ) was down 1.33% or 0.01 points to 0.37.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 714 to 406 and 413 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 5.94% to 12.60.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.44% or 14.61 to $3,333.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.82% or 0.51 to hit $61.54 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.49 to trade at $64.30 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY rose 0.16% to 91.49.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 98.91.