Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 1.57%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX), which rose 4.30% or 0.260 points to trade at 6.300 at the close. Meanwhile, News Corp B (AX:NWS) added 3.24% or 0.560 points to end at 17.820 and Sims Metal Management Ltd (AX:SGM) was up 2.17% or 0.190 points to 8.940 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Broadspectrum Ltd (AX:BRS), which fell 6.64% or 0.085 points to trade at 1.195 at the close. Bellamys Australia Ltd (AX:BAL) declined 6.54% or 0.710 points to end at 10.140 and Mineral Resources Ltd (AX:MIN) was down 5.39% or 0.320 points to 5.620.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 588 to 323 and 272 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX) rose to all time highs; rising 4.30% or 0.260 to 6.300.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 16.06% to 17.839.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.16% or 2.00 to $1220.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.71% or 0.28 to hit $39.11 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.88% or 0.36 to trade at $40.51 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7542, while AUD/JPY rose 0.07% to 85.66.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 96.09.