Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Financials and Telecoms Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Silver Lake Resources Ltd (ASX:SLR), which rose 8.23% or 0.190 points to trade at 2.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) added 7.42% or 1.030 points to end at 14.920 and Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX:PRU) was up 6.19% or 0.090 points to 1.545 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Skycity Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SKC), which fell 5.02% or 0.14 points to trade at 2.65 at the close. Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd (ASX:CWY) declined 4.27% or 0.100 points to end at 2.240 and Oil Search Ltd (ASX:OSH) was down 3.42% or 0.100 points to 2.820.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 709 to 547 and 380 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.38% to 20.026.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.49% or 9.70 to $1973.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.08% or 0.03 to hit $37.23 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.06 to trade at $39.55 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.53% to 0.7327, while AUD/JPY rose 0.49% to 77.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 92.905.