Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Ten Network Holdings Ltd (ASX:TEN), which rose 4.76% or 0.010 points to trade at 0.220 at the close. Meanwhile, Retail Food Group Ltd (ASX:RFG) added 2.46% or 0.140 points to end at 5.840 and Rea Group Ltd (ASX:REA) was up 1.91% or 0.84 points to 44.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sundance Energy Australia Ltd (ASX:SEA), which fell 13.59% or 0.070 points to trade at 0.445 at the close. Arrium Ltd (ASX:ARI) declined 10.26% or 0.020 points to end at 0.175 and Transfield Services Ltd (ASX:TSE) was down 10.26% or 0.175 points to 1.530.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 357 to 194 and 31 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 4.59% to 14.019.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1178.70 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.23% or 0.68 to hit $55.94 a barrel, while the February brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.38 to trade at $60.44 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.33% to 0.8106, while AUD/JPY fell 0.27% to 97.37.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 89.94.