Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gold, Consumer Staples and Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Sirtex Medical Ltd (ASX:SRX), which rose 6.19% or 1.525 points to trade at 26.175 at the close. Meanwhile, Karoon Gas Australia Ltd (ASX:KAR) added 4.43% or 0.105 points to end at 2.475 and Ozforex Grp (ASX:OFX) was up 4.29% or 0.100 points to 2.430 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Worleyparsons Ltd (ASX:WOR), which fell 4.83% or 0.470 points to trade at 9.260 at the close. Drillsearch Energy Ltd (ASX:DLS) declined 3.51% or 0.040 points to end at 1.100 and Aristocrat Leisure Ltd (ASX:ALL) was down 3.17% or 0.270 points to 8.250.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 531 to 454 and 185 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.33% to 13.588.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.31% or 3.70 to $1195.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.89% or 0.46 to hit $52.37 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.32 to trade at $59.47 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.04% to 0.7592, while AUD/JPY fell 0.28% to 90.92.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 99.92.