Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, A-REITs and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST), which rose 6.76% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.210 at the close. Meanwhile, Insurance Australia Group Ltd (ASX:IAG) added 4.31% or 0.240 points to end at 5.810 and Spotless Fp (ASX:SPO) was up 3.77% or 0.080 points to 2.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN), which fell 8.02% or 0.610 points to trade at 7.000 at the close. Karoon Gas Australia Ltd (ASX:KAR) declined 6.07% or 0.150 points to end at 2.320 and Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:MND) was down 5.98% or 0.610 points to 9.590.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 608 to 415 and 209 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.16% to 17.245.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1186.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.90% or 0.54 to hit $60.54 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.26 to trade at $64.21 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.23% to 0.7748, while AUD/JPY fell 0.06% to 95.78.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 94.91.