Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Resources and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Goodman Group (ASX:GMG), which rose 5.57% or 1.240 points to trade at 23.490 at the close. Meanwhile, Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC) added 3.28% or 0.59 points to end at 18.59 and APA Group (ASX:APA) was up 3.21% or 0.270 points to 8.680 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC), which fell 9.54% or 0.250 points to trade at 2.370 at the close. IGO Ltd (ASX:IGO) declined 8.42% or 0.820 points to end at 8.920 and Champion Iron Ltd (ASX:CIA) was down 7.22% or 0.330 points to 4.240.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 785 to 577 and 411 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 2.23% to 14.338.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.75 to $1796.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.07% or 0.06 to hit $84.11 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.27 to trade at $84.98 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.71% to 0.7470, while AUD/JPY fell 1.00% to 84.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.830.