Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gold, Energy and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were APN News & Media Ltd (AX:APN), which rose 4.00% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.520 at the close. Meanwhile, Telstra Corporation Ltd. (AX:TLS) added 2.83% or 0.150 points to end at 5.450 and Cardno Ltd (AX:CDD) was up 2.63% or 0.080 points to 3.120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Western Areas Ltd (AX:WSA), which fell 7.25% or 0.190 points to trade at 2.430 at the close. Paladin Energy Ltd (AX:PDN) declined 6.52% or 0.015 points to end at 0.215 and Syrah Res F (AX:SYR) was down 6.39% or 0.200 points to 2.930.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 534 to 433 and 113 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.92% to 18.470.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1172.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.39% or 0.18 to hit $46.46 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.12 to trade at $48.73 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.47% to 0.7282, while AUD/JPY rose 0.50% to 87.05.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.95.