Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, A-REITs and Consumer Staples sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Crown Ltd (AX:CWN), which rose 19.76% or 2.320 points to trade at 14.060 at the close. Meanwhile, Star Entertainment Group Ltd (AX:SGR) added 5.42% or 0.230 points to end at 4.470 and Beach Energy Ltd (AX:BPT) was up 4.46% or 0.090 points to 2.110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pilbara Minerals Ltd (AX:PLS), which fell 5.10% or 0.038 points to trade at 0.698 at the close. Sims Metal Management Ltd (AX:SGM) declined 3.55% or 0.405 points to end at 11.005 and Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP) was down 3.36% or 1.500 points to 43.160.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 594 to 529 and 403 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.91% to 11.528.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.09% or 1.15 to $1303.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $64.47 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.07 to trade at $71.03 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.13% to 0.7136, while AUD/JPY rose 0.01% to 79.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 96.602.