Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gold, Financials and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Bellamys Australia Ltd (AX:BAL), which rose 11.30% or 0.610 points to trade at 6.010 at the close. Syrah Res F (AX:SYR) added 6.96% or 0.160 points to end at 2.460 and M Pharma Fp (AX:MYX) was up 4.98% or 0.060 points to 1.265 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Resolute Mining Ltd (AX:RSG), which lost 5.24% or 0.065 points to trade at 1.175 in late trade. Genworth Fp (AX:GMA) declined 4.49% or 0.150 points to end at 3.190 and Flexigroup Ltd (AX:FXL) shed 4.26% or 0.100 points to 2.250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 609 to 506 and 369 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 1.06% to 11.410.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.15% or 1.90 to $1257.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.37% or 0.18 to hit $48.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.14 to trade at $51.38 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.17% to 0.7539, while AUD/JPY rose 0.31% to 84.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 98.89.