Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Resources and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Technology One Ltd (AX:TNE), which rose 8.56% or 0.375 points to trade at 4.755 at the close. Metcash Ltd (AX:MTS) added 4.03% or 0.100 points to end at 2.580 and Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM) was up 2.65% or 0.023 points to 0.873 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AX:SIG), which lost 3.54% or 0.018 points to trade at 0.477 in late trade. Worleyparsons Ltd (AX:WOR) declined 3.46% or 0.620 points to end at 17.320 and Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC) shed 3.29% or 0.580 points to 17.070.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 671 to 511 and 349 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 6.09% to 13.023.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.10% or 1.30 to $1241.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.24% or 0.16 to hit $66.91 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.21% or 0.15 to trade at $71.69 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.11% to 0.7427, while AUD/JPY rose 0.19% to 83.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 94.27.