Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Resources and Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Arrium Ltd (AX:ARI), which rose 7.53% or 0.007 points to trade at 0.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Dicksmith Fpo (AX:DSH) added 5.71% or 0.080 points to end at 1.480 and Qantas Airways Ltd (AX:QAN) was up 4.19% or 0.150 points to 3.730 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (AX:LNG), which fell 9.59% or 0.175 points to trade at 1.650 at the close. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG) declined 8.75% or 0.210 points to end at 2.190 and Independence Group NL (AX:IGO) was down 6.72% or 0.240 points to 3.330.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 550 to 407 and 134 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.49% to 20.872.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.70% or 8.20 to $1156.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.23% or 0.58 to hit $47.68 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.19% or 0.60 to trade at $50.85 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.56% to 0.7320, while AUD/JPY fell 0.71% to 87.73.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 94.79.