Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, IT and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY), which rose 3.97% or 0.120 points to trade at 3.140 at the close. Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) added 3.73% or 0.050 points to end at 1.390 and Japara Healthcare Ltd (AX:JHC) was up 3.69% or 0.065 points to 1.825 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX), which lost 3.73% or 0.160 points to trade at 4.130 in late trade. Beach Energy Ltd (AX:BPT) declined 3.57% or 0.030 points to end at 0.810 and Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) shed 2.70% or 0.100 points to 3.600.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 605 to 567 and 365 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 1.55% to 11.401.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.30% or 3.90 to $1288.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $49.61 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.07 to trade at $55.86 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.36% to 0.7780, while AUD/JPY rose 0.31% to 87.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.35.