Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Gold and Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nextdc Ltd (AX:NXT), which rose 2.55% or 0.100 points to trade at 4.020 at the close. Duluxgroup Ltd (AX:DLX) added 2.35% or 0.150 points to end at 6.520 and Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd (AX:CWY) was up 2.03% or 0.025 points to 1.255 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TPG Telecom Ltd (AX:TPM), which lost 16.37% or 1.090 points to trade at 5.570 in late trade. Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG) declined 12.83% or 0.170 points to end at 1.155 and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG) shed 7.45% or 0.410 points to 5.090.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 794 to 313 and 380 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 9.25% to 14.112 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.50% or 6.40 to $1285.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $52.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $55.37 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.41% to 0.7560, while AUD/JPY fell 0.23% to 82.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 100.21.