Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Materials and Gold sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Beach Energy Ltd (AX:BPT), which rose 3.25% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.635 at the close. Meanwhile, Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM) added 2.69% or 0.030 points to end at 1.145 and JB Hi-Fi Ltd (AX:JBH) was up 2.47% or 0.600 points to 24.850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Syrah Res F (AX:SYR), which fell 13.06% or 0.730 points to trade at 4.860 at the close. Alumina Ltd (AX:AWC) declined 4.28% or 0.063 points to end at 1.397 and South32 Ltd (AX:S32) was down 4.19% or 0.083 points to 1.887.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 541 to 530 and 341 ended unchanged.
Shares in JB Hi-Fi Ltd (AX:JBH) rose to all time highs; rising 2.47% or 0.600 to 24.850.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.14% to 14.893 a new 3-months low.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.09% or 1.25 to $1328.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.22% or 0.10 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.08 to trade at $46.88 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.79% to 0.7531, while AUD/JPY fell 0.89% to 79.87.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 96.59.