Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Energy and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.92% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (AX:FMG), which rose 7.57% or 0.570 points to trade at 8.100 at the close. Evolution Mining Ltd (AX:EVN) added 7.21% or 0.240 points to end at 3.570 and Regis Resources Ltd (AX:RRL) was up 6.79% or 0.300 points to 4.720 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (AX:MYX), which lost 15.04% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.565 in late trade. Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (AX:RWC) declined 6.94% or 0.270 points to end at 3.620 and Ioof Holdings Ltd (AX:IFL) shed 6.01% or 0.350 points to 5.470.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 834 to 360 and 342 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 4.17% to 14.739 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.23% or 3.05 to $1298.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.31% or 0.19 to hit $61.23 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.24 to trade at $70.47 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.11% to 0.6950, while AUD/JPY rose 0.36% to 76.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.137.