Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as in the sectors propelled shares .
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 unchanged 0.00% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Mayne Pharma Group Ltd (AX:MYX), which rose 8.23% or 0.065 points to trade at 0.855 at the close. Bingo Industries Ltd (AX:BIN) added 5.71% or 0.105 points to end at 1.945 and Syrah Resources Ltd (AX:SYR) was up 5.34% or 0.090 points to 1.775 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG), which lost 5.00% or 0.060 points to trade at 1.140 in late trade. St Barbara Ltd (AX:SBM) declined 4.97% or 0.240 points to end at 4.590 and Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (AX:SAR) shed 3.83% or 0.120 points to 3.010.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 640 to 417 and 332 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 unchanged 0.00% to 17.968.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.46% or 5.90 to $1284.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $48.51 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $57.31 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.32% to 0.7124, while AUD/JPY fell 0.24% to 77.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.447.