Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Metals & Mining and Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR), which rose 5.70% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.040 at the close. Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (AX:MYX) added 4.91% or 0.040 points to end at 0.855 and Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (AX:DHG) was up 3.96% or 0.090 points to 2.360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Automotive Group Holdings Ltd (AX:AHG), which lost 4.18% or 0.065 points to trade at 1.490 in late trade. Pact Group Holdings Ltd (AX:PGH) declined 3.62% or 0.140 points to end at 3.730 and Emeco Holdings Ltd (AX:EHL) shed 3.14% or 0.080 points to 2.470.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 614 to 464 and 369 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 3.08% to 13.119.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.31% or 3.95 to $1278.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.83% or 0.45 to hit $53.59 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.62 to trade at $62.12 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.27% to 0.7138, while AUD/JPY fell 0.49% to 78.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.055.