Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were oOh!Media Ltd (AX:OML), which rose 4.15% or 0.170 points to trade at 4.270 at the close. Meanwhile, National Storage REIT (AX:NSR) added 4.15% or 0.065 points to end at 1.630 and Flexigroup Ltd (AX:FXL) was up 3.99% or 0.065 points to 1.695 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR), which fell 3.99% or 0.170 points to trade at 4.090 at the close. Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (AX:TWE) declined 3.58% or 0.570 points to end at 15.360 and Beach Energy Ltd (AX:BPT) was down 3.29% or 0.035 points to 1.030.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 619 to 612 and 362 ended unchanged.
Shares in National Storage REIT (AX:NSR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.15% or 0.065 to 1.630.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 2.06% to 11.449.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1294.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.53% or 0.31 to hit $57.80 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.15 to trade at $63.23 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.12% to 0.7611, while AUD/JPY rose 0.08% to 84.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 92.80.