Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Gold and A-REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Aveo Group (AX:AOG), which rose 10.36% or 0.200 points to trade at 2.130 at the close. Meanwhile, Costa Group Holdings Ltd (AX:CGC) added 3.66% or 0.200 points to end at 5.670 and Emeco Holdings Ltd (AX:EHL) was up 3.48% or 0.070 points to 2.080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (AX:DHG), which fell 7.53% or 0.220 points to trade at 2.700 at the close. oOh!Media Ltd (AX:OML) declined 5.51% or 0.220 points to end at 3.770 and Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) was down 5.04% or 0.060 points to 1.130.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 692 to 517 and 349 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.64% to 12.313 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.18% or 2.35 to $1283.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.27% or 0.17 to hit $63.67 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.21 to trade at $71.75 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.29% to 0.7035, while AUD/JPY fell 0.50% to 78.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.590.