Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the A-REITs, IT and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Regis Resources Ltd (AX:RRL), which rose 5.41% or 0.170 points to trade at 3.310 at the close. Meanwhile, Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN) added 3.21% or 0.070 points to end at 2.250 and Viva Energy Reit Ltd (AX:VVR) was up 2.54% or 0.060 points to 2.420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BT Investment Management Ltd (AX:BTT), which fell 4.91% or 0.520 points to trade at 10.060 at the close. Beach Energy Ltd (AX:BPT) declined 4.40% or 0.035 points to end at 0.760 and Abacus Property Group (AX:ABP) was down 4.36% or 0.130 points to 2.850.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 656 to 390 and 317 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 7.63% to 13.761 a new 1-month high.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.94% or 11.30 to $1207.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $52.42 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.21 to trade at $55.65 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.40% to 0.7508, while AUD/JPY fell 0.11% to 85.30.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 101.17.