Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Resources and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL), which rose 5.81% or 0.05 points to trade at 0.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Star Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SGR) added 5.38% or 0.03 points to end at 0.49 and Graincorp Ltd (ASX:GNC) was up 4.61% or 0.39 points to 8.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which fell 7.96% or 0.05 points to trade at 0.52 at the close. Credit Corp Group Ltd (ASX:CCP) declined 7.12% or 1.07 points to end at 13.96 and Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) was down 6.74% or 0.08 points to 1.07.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 753 to 391 and 479 ended unchanged.
Shares in Graincorp Ltd (ASX:GNC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.61% or 0.39 to 8.85.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.37% to 11.41.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.00% or 0.10 to $2,369.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.16% or 0.86 to hit $73.36 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.72 to trade at $77.64 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.45% to 103.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 104.05.