Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV), which rose 8.70% or 0.20 points to trade at 2.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Platinum Asset Management Ltd (ASX:PTM) added 4.15% or 0.08 points to end at 2.01 and Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) was up 3.67% or 0.14 points to 3.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH), which fell 5.71% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.57 at the close. St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) declined 5.65% or 0.05 points to end at 0.83 and Premier Investments Ltd (ASX:PMV) was down 5.12% or 1.34 points to 24.85.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 689 to 559 and 367 ended unchanged.
Shares in Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV) rose to 52-week highs; rising 8.70% or 0.20 to 2.50.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.99% to 13.18.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.04% or 0.80 to $1,877.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.59% or 0.44 to hit $74.19 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.51 to trade at $79.14 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 0.69, while AUD/JPY rose 0.01% to 91.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 102.96.