Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, A-REITs and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.40% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were AWE Ltd (AX:AWE), which rose 5.34% or 0.035 points to trade at 0.690 at the close. Meanwhile, Cabcharge Australia Ltd (AX:CAB) added 5.34% or 0.140 points to end at 2.760 and Regis Resources Ltd (AX:RRL) was up 5.14% or 0.095 points to 1.945 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pacific Brands Ltd (AX:PBG), which fell 5.30% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.715 at the close. Cimic Group Ltd (AX:CIM) declined 4.69% or 1.280 points to end at 25.990 and Recall Hold (AX:REC) was down 4.63% or 0.340 points to 7.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 576 to 397 and 144 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.73% to 20.320.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.35% or 3.80 to $1091.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.55% or 0.24 to hit $44.11 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $48.01 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.10% to 0.7055, while AUD/JPY rose 0.21% to 86.99.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 99.18.