Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Altium Ltd (AX:ALU), which rose 26.71% or 3.980 points to trade at 18.880 at the close. Meanwhile, Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM) added 18.63% or 0.095 points to end at 0.605 and GWA Group Ltd (AX:GWA) was up 9.90% or 0.300 points to 3.330 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Super Retail Group Ltd (AX:SUL), which fell 14.48% or 1.190 points to trade at 7.030 at the close. Vocus Group Ltd (AX:VOC) declined 10.45% or 0.300 points to end at 2.570 and Infigen Energy (AX:IFN) was down 4.51% or 0.030 points to 0.635.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 630 to 579 and 385 ended unchanged.
Shares in Altium Ltd (AX:ALU) rose to all time highs; gaining 26.71% or 3.980 to 18.880. Shares in Super Retail Group Ltd (AX:SUL) fell to 3-years lows; falling 14.48% or 1.190 to 7.030. Shares in GWA Group Ltd (AX:GWA) rose to 5-year highs; up 9.90% or 0.300 to 3.330.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.92% to 15.049.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.93% or 12.60 to $1343.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.15% or 0.71 to hit $62.26 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.17 to trade at $65.50 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.15% to 0.7925, while AUD/JPY rose 0.33% to 84.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 89.26.