Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Healthcare and A-REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Speedcast International Ltd (AX:SDA), which rose 4.93% or 0.230 points to trade at 4.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Computershare Ltd. (AX:CPU) added 4.87% or 0.740 points to end at 15.930 and Incitec Pivot Ltd (AX:IPL) was up 4.81% or 0.180 points to 3.920 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HT&E Ltd (AX:HT1), which fell 4.29% or 0.075 points to trade at 1.675 at the close. Woodside Petroleum Ltd (AX:WPL) declined 3.43% or 1.105 points to end at 31.135 and Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AX:SIG) was down 3.23% or 0.025 points to 0.750.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 772 to 512 and 310 ended unchanged.
Shares in Speedcast International Ltd (AX:SDA) rose to all time highs; up 4.93% or 0.230 to 4.900. Shares in Computershare Ltd. (AX:CPU) rose to all time highs; up 4.87% or 0.740 to 15.930. Shares in Incitec Pivot Ltd (AX:IPL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.81% or 0.180 to 3.920.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 5.48% to 12.988.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.05 to $1276.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.25% or 0.14 to hit $56.62 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.19 to trade at $62.97 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.14% to 0.7634, while AUD/JPY rose 0.16% to 86.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 94.38.