Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Resources and Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.57%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG), which rose 7.14% or 0.020 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Meanwhile, BC Iron Ltd (ASX:BCI) added 5.83% or 0.035 points to end at 0.635 and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) was up 5.70% or 0.090 points to 1.670 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lynas Corporation Ltd (ASX:LYC), which fell 8.82% or 0.006 points to trade at 0.062 at the close. Oil Search Ltd (ASX:OSH) declined 8.63% or 0.690 points to end at 7.310 and Santos Ltd (ASX:STO) was down 8.60% or 0.710 points to 7.550.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 414 to 161 and 37 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 12.49% to 16.274.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.17% or 2.10 to $1206.10 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.36% or 0.18 to hit $50.22 a barrel, while the February brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.34 to trade at $53.34 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.72% to 0.8142, while AUD/JPY rose 0.17% to 96.86.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 91.50.