Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Greencross Ltd (ASX:GXL), which rose 14.38% or 0.860 points to trade at 6.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (ASX:LNG) added 11.23% or 0.310 points to end at 3.070 and Paladin Energy Ltd (ASX:PDN) was up 11.11% or 0.020 points to 0.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Flexigroup Ltd (ASX:FXL), which fell 17.89% or 0.560 points to trade at 2.570 at the close. JB Hi-Fi Ltd (ASX:JBH) declined 7.28% or 1.580 points to end at 20.110 and Cochlear Ltd (ASX:COH) was down 7.20% or 6.480 points to 83.560.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 519 to 489 and 166 ended unchanged.
Shares in Flexigroup Ltd (ASX:FXL) fell to 3-years lows; falling 17.89% or 0.560 to 2.570.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 4.66% to 18.224.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.56% or 6.20 to $1097.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.08% or 0.48 to hit $44.48 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.37 to trade at $50.65 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 1.30% to 0.7316, while AUD/JPY fell 1.07% to 91.40.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.37% at 97.59.