Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Financials and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.17% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were News Corp B (AX:NWS), which rose 6.20% or 1.110 points to trade at 19.020 at the close. Meanwhile, Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) added 5.64% or 0.075 points to end at 1.405 and Credit Corp Group Ltd (AX:CCP) was up 5.34% or 0.880 points to 17.360 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Worleyparsons Ltd (AX:WOR), which fell 2.61% or 0.205 points to trade at 7.655 at the close. CYBG PLC (AX:CYB) declined 2.53% or 0.120 points to end at 4.630 and Santos Ltd (AX:STO) was down 2.11% or 0.080 points to 3.710.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 610 to 424 and 337 ended unchanged.
Shares in Credit Corp Group Ltd (AX:CCP) rose to all time highs; rising 5.34% or 0.880 to 17.360.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.32% to 18.046.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.55% or 7.25 to $1332.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.82% or 0.38 to hit $45.91 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.31 to trade at $48.01 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.40% to 0.7536, while AUD/JPY fell 0.36% to 76.78.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 95.20.