Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Gold and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Paladin Energy Ltd (AX:PDN), which rose 6.38% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.250 at the close. Meanwhile, Ardent Leisure Group (AX:AAD) added 3.33% or 0.090 points to end at 2.790 and Rea Group Ltd (AX:REA) was up 3.26% or 1.500 points to 47.580 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG), which fell 8.98% or 0.230 points to trade at 2.330 at the close. Northern Star Resources Ltd (AX:NST) declined 8.97% or 0.280 points to end at 2.840 and Beach Energy Ltd (AX:BPT) was down 7.30% or 0.050 points to 0.635.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 511 to 472 and 117 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.16% to 17.416.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.16% or 1.90 to $1164.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.13% or 0.49 to hit $43.48 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.30 to trade at $47.23 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.11% to 0.7241, while AUD/JPY fell 0.44% to 87.39.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 96.85.