Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Orocobre Ltd (AX:ORE), which rose 3.54% or 0.160 points to trade at 4.680 at the close. Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (AX:MYX) added 2.75% or 0.030 points to end at 1.120 and Corporate Travel Managment Ltd (AX:CTD) was up 1.79% or 0.390 points to 22.230 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Elders Ltd (AX:ELD), which lost 13.19% or 1.170 points to trade at 7.700 in late trade. Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (AX:APT) declined 6.00% or 0.750 points to end at 11.750 and Incitec Pivot Ltd (AX:IPL) shed 5.67% or 0.240 points to 3.990.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 861 to 293 and 307 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 16.70% to 15.683.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1204.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.42% or 0.85 to hit $59.08 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.79 to trade at $69.33 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.50% to 0.7209, while AUD/JPY rose 0.62% to 82.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 97.39.