Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms Services and Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG), which rose 5.74% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.290 at the close. Premier Investments Ltd (AX:PMV) added 5.14% or 0.680 points to end at 13.900 and Platinum Asset Management Ltd (AX:PTM) was up 4.93% or 0.270 points to 5.750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ozforex Grp (AX:OFX), which lost 16.67% or 0.270 points to trade at 1.350 in late trade. Whitehaven Coal Ltd (AX:WHC) declined 10.06% or 0.310 points to end at 2.770 and Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX) shed 8.70% or 0.460 points to 4.830.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 595 to 438 and 309 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.29% to 15.066.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.27% or 3.35 to $1225.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.94% or 0.84 to hit $44.16 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.67% or 0.74 to trade at $45.17 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7560, while AUD/JPY fell 0.22% to 81.73.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 99.93.