Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Utilities and Gold sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Link Administration Holdings Ltd (AX:LNK), which rose 5.45% or 0.370 points to trade at 7.160 at the close. Meanwhile, Sandfire Resources NL (AX:SFR) added 4.85% or 0.400 points to end at 8.650 and Blackmores Ltd (AX:BKL) was up 4.84% or 6.07 points to 131.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Automotive Group Holdings Ltd (AX:AHG), which fell 8.97% or 0.305 points to trade at 3.095 at the close. Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM) declined 8.00% or 0.060 points to end at 0.690 and Telstra Corporation Ltd. (AX:TLS) was down 5.88% or 0.180 points to 2.880.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 684 to 528 and 399 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sandfire Resources NL (AX:SFR) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.85% or 0.400 to 8.650. Shares in Telstra Corporation Ltd. (AX:TLS) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.88% or 0.180 to 2.880.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 7.21% to 11.597.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.49% or 6.40 to $1311.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $70.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $78.22 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.23% to 0.7510, while AUD/JPY fell 0.05% to 82.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 92.63.