Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Financials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.17% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were News Corp B (AX:NWS), which rose 6.20% or 1.110 points to trade at 19.020 at the close. Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) added 5.64% or 0.075 points to end at 1.405 and Credit Corp Group Ltd (AX:CCP) was up 5.34% or 0.880 points to 17.360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Worleyparsons Ltd (AX:WOR), which lost 2.61% or 0.205 points to trade at 7.655 in late trade. CYBG PLC (AX:CYB) declined 2.53% or 0.120 points to end at 4.630 and Santos Ltd (AX:STO) shed 2.11% or 0.080 points to 3.710.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 609 to 424 and 338 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 2.32% to 18.046.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.55% or 7.35 to $1332.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.82% or 0.38 to hit $45.91 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.62% or 0.30 to trade at $48.02 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.40% to 0.7536, while AUD/JPY fell 0.36% to 76.78.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.19.