Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE), which rose 7.62% or 0.320 points to trade at 4.520 at the close. Meanwhile, Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY) added 6.37% or 0.160 points to end at 2.670 and Ausdrill Ltd (AX:ASL) was up 5.87% or 0.103 points to 1.847 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infigen Energy (AX:IFN), which fell 6.72% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.555 at the close. Janus Henderson Group PLC DRC (AX:JHG) declined 3.23% or 1.210 points to end at 36.240 and Altium Ltd (AX:ALU) was down 3.15% or 0.870 points to 26.750.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 694 to 468 and 380 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infigen Energy (AX:IFN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.72% or 0.040 to 0.555. Shares in Janus Henderson Group PLC DRC (AX:JHG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.23% or 1.210 to 36.240.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.69% to 11.557.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.34% or 4.00 to $1195.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.39% or 0.29 to hit $75.59 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.08 to trade at $85.06 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.36% to 0.7199, while AUD/JPY fell 0.44% to 81.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 95.12.