Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE), which rose 7.62% or 0.320 points to trade at 4.520 at the close. Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY) added 6.37% or 0.160 points to end at 2.670 and Ausdrill Ltd (AX:ASL) was up 5.87% or 0.103 points to 1.847 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Infigen Energy (AX:IFN), which lost 6.72% or 0.040 points to trade at 0.555 in late trade. Janus Henderson Group PLC DRC (AX:JHG) declined 3.23% or 1.210 points to end at 36.240 and Altium Ltd (AX:ALU) shed 3.15% or 0.870 points to 26.750.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 696 to 464 and 381 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 1.69% to 11.557.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 3.90 to $1195.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.39% or 0.29 to hit $75.59 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.08 to trade at $85.06 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.36% to 0.7199, while AUD/JPY fell 0.44% to 81.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 95.10.