Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Energy and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY), which rose 5.84% or 0.160 points to trade at 2.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Retail Food Group Ltd (AX:RFG) added 4.36% or 0.190 points to end at 4.550 and Ardent Leisure Group (AX:AAD) was up 3.58% or 0.065 points to 1.880 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HT&E Ltd (AX:HT1), which fell 12.20% or 0.250 points to trade at 1.800 at the close. Technology One Ltd (AX:TNE) declined 10.26% or 0.520 points to end at 4.550 and APN Outdoor Group Ltd (AX:APO) was down 6.64% or 0.310 points to 4.360.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 616 to 508 and 384 ended unchanged.
Shares in HT&E Ltd (AX:HT1) fell to 52-week lows; down 12.20% or 0.250 to 1.800. Shares in Technology One Ltd (AX:TNE) fell to 52-week lows; losing 10.26% or 0.520 to 4.550.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.25% to 10.909.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.24% or 3.01 to $1272.79 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.32% or 0.16 to hit $50.42 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.22 to trade at $55.90 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.36% to 0.7799, while AUD/JPY fell 0.06% to 88.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 93.69.