Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, IT and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (ASX:SAR), which rose 6.06% or 0.220 points to trade at 3.850 at the close. Meanwhile, St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) added 5.48% or 0.160 points to end at 3.080 and Ausdrill Ltd (ASX:ASL) was up 4.31% or 0.075 points to 1.815 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sandfire Resources NL (ASX:SFR), which fell 11.17% or 0.790 points to trade at 6.280 at the close. Nearmap Ltd (ASX:NEA) declined 7.77% or 0.320 points to end at 3.800 and Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) was down 7.23% or 2.830 points to 36.300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 723 to 516 and 422 ended unchanged.
Shares in Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (ASX:SAR) rose to all time highs; up 6.06% or 0.220 to 3.850. Shares in Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) fell to 3-years lows; falling 7.23% or 2.830 to 36.300.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.93% to 13.265.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.00% or 14.25 to $1432.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.41% or 0.24 to hit $57.66 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.39 to trade at $63.79 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.06% to 0.6957, while AUD/JPY fell 0.31% to 74.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 95.450.