Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Resources and Gold sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Credit Corp Group Ltd (AX:CCP), which rose 11.19% or 1.500 points to trade at 14.900 at the close. Meanwhile, GWA Group Ltd (AX:GWA) added 3.76% or 0.080 points to end at 2.210 and Ozforex Grp (AX:OFX) was up 2.86% or 0.070 points to 2.520 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM), which fell 17.87% or 0.185 points to trade at 0.850 at the close. Nine Ent Fpo (AX:NEC) declined 13.89% or 0.150 points to end at 0.930 and Beach Energy Ltd (AX:BPT) was down 5.70% or 0.033 points to 0.537.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 697 to 421 and 314 ended unchanged.
Shares in Credit Corp Group Ltd (AX:CCP) rose to all time highs; up 11.19% or 1.500 to 14.900. Shares in Nine Ent Fpo (AX:NEC) fell to all time lows; falling 13.89% or 0.150 to 0.930.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 2.87% to 14.752.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.08% or 1.15 to $1358.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $40.09 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.10 to trade at $42.24 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.12% to 0.7547, while AUD/JPY fell 0.06% to 77.17.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 95.63.