Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Bapcor Ltd (ASX:BAP), which rose 13.30% or 0.58 points to trade at 4.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) added 6.28% or 0.08 points to end at 1.27 and Platinum Asset Management Ltd (ASX:PTM) was up 3.52% or 0.04 points to 1.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG), which fell 8.12% or 0.05 points to trade at 0.54 at the close. Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL) declined 8.07% or 0.16 points to end at 1.76 and Ramelius Resources Ltd (ASX:RMS) was down 7.75% or 0.16 points to 1.85.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 886 to 322 and 462 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 9.81% to 11.68.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.29% or 6.80 to $2,320.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $77.84 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $81.68 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.09% to 103.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 104.72.