Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Gold and Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nextdc Ltd (AX:NXT), which rose 2.55% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.020 at the close. Meanwhile, Duluxgroup Ltd (AX:DLX) added 2.35% or 0.150 points to end at 6.520 and Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd (AX:CWY) was up 2.03% or 0.025 points to 1.255 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM), which fell 16.37% or 1.090 points to trade at 5.570 at the close. Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) declined 12.83% or 0.170 points to end at 1.155 and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG) was down 7.45% or 0.410 points to 5.090.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 795 to 313 and 379 ended unchanged.
Shares in TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM) fell to 52-week lows; down 16.37% or 1.090 to 5.570.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 9.25% to 14.112 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.53% or 6.90 to $1285.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $52.65 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $55.38 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.41% to 0.7560, while AUD/JPY fell 0.23% to 82.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 100.22.