Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms Services, Healthcare and Consumer Staples sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX), which rose 8.40% or 0.315 points to trade at 4.065 at the close. South32 Ltd (AX:S32) added 4.69% or 0.120 points to end at 2.680 and Henderson Group PLC (AX:HGG) was up 3.57% or 0.125 points to 3.625 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (AX:TWE), which lost 4.79% or 0.570 points to trade at 11.320 in late trade. Cochlear Ltd (AX:COH) declined 3.73% or 4.990 points to end at 128.760 and Aurizon Holdings Ltd (AX:AZJ) shed 3.38% or 0.180 points to 5.150.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 607 to 503 and 348 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 2.00% to 12.427.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.24% or 2.95 to $1228.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.23% or 0.12 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.14 to trade at $55.73 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.48% to 0.7677, while AUD/JPY rose 0.31% to 87.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 100.84.