By Oliver Gray
Investing.com - The S&P/ASX 200 fell 94.6 points or 1.3% to 6,944.1 after the first 90 minutes of Tuesday’s trade, with info tech and health care companies leading declines.
ASX 200 Futures were pointing 1.4% lower.
Among stocks, Novonix Ltd (ASX:NVX) shed 4.1%, Computershare Ltd. (ASX:CPU) lost 1.4%, Altium Ltd (ASX:ALU) dipped 1.1% and Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1) fell 2.1%.
Meantime, CSL Ltd (ASX:CSL) lost 1.1%, Sonic Healthcare Ltd (ASX:SHL) fell 0.3% and Resmed Inc (ASX:RMD) dipped 1%.
Energy was also 0.9% lower as Santos Ltd (ASX:STO) fell 0.6%, Woodside Energy Ltd (ASX:WDS) lost 0.3%, Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:BPT) fell 0.9% and Viva Energy Group Ltd (ASX:VEA) dipped 1.5%.
The local economic calendar is fairly quiet for traders this week, with AIG construction and ANZ job advertisements due on Wednesday, while Services PMI data is set for release on Thursday.
On the bond markets, Australia 10-Year rates were at 4.014%, while United States 10-Year yields were at 3.831%.
In New Zealand, the NZX 50 fell 0.6% to 11,473.2.