Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, IT and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 2.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pacific Brands Ltd (ASX:PBG), which rose 10.08% or 0.060 points to trade at 0.655 at the close. Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) added 4.41% or 0.045 points to end at 1.065 and Qantas Airways Ltd (ASX:QAN) was up 3.27% or 0.110 points to 3.470 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Western Areas Ltd (ASX:WSA), which lost 10.51% or 0.290 points to trade at 2.470 in late trade. Senex Energy Ltd (ASX:SXY) declined 10.00% or 0.015 points to end at 0.135 and Perpetual Ltd (ASX:PPT) shed 8.00% or 3.450 points to 39.690.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 622 to 338 and 159 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 15.97% to 30.244.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.85% or 9.60 to $1142.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.76% or 1.36 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.35% or 1.27 to trade at $52.88 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.06% to 0.7109, while AUD/JPY fell 0.64% to 85.67.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 95.50.