Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gold, IT and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Monadelphous Group Ltd (AX:MND), which rose 10.59% or 1.250 points to trade at 13.050 at the close. Vocus Fpo (AX:VOC) added 6.30% or 0.260 points to end at 4.390 and Greencross Ltd (AX:GXL) was up 6.18% or 0.410 points to 7.040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Independence Group NL (AX:IGO), which lost 6.65% or 0.280 points to trade at 3.930 in late trade. Aconex Ltd (AX:ACX) declined 6.17% or 0.230 points to end at 3.500 and Altium Ltd (AX:ALU) shed 5.75% or 0.485 points to 7.945.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 619 to 479 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 down 2.90% to 11.113.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.38% or 4.75 to $1234.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $53.98 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.08 to trade at $56.10 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.25% to 0.7669, while AUD/JPY rose 0.23% to 87.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 101.19.