Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Energy and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Ausdrill Ltd (AX:ASL), which rose 9.18% or 0.145 points to trade at 1.725 at the close. Sims Metal Management Ltd (AX:SGM) added 5.92% or 0.730 points to end at 13.060 and Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN) was up 4.81% or 0.130 points to 2.830 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Whitehaven Coal Ltd (AX:WHC), which lost 7.91% or 0.405 points to trade at 4.715 in late trade. Spark Infrastructure Group (AX:SKI) declined 3.75% or 0.090 points to end at 2.310 and Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY) shed 3.30% or 0.090 points to 2.640.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 676 to 507 and 378 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 up 2.44% to 12.044.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.30 to $1205.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.46% or 0.32 to hit $70.12 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $78.06 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.21% to 0.7228, while AUD/JPY rose 0.31% to 80.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.18.