Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Telecoms Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Altium Ltd (AX:ALU), which rose 26.71% or 3.980 points to trade at 18.880 at the close. Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM) added 18.63% or 0.095 points to end at 0.605 and GWA Group Ltd (AX:GWA) was up 9.90% or 0.300 points to 3.330 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Super Retail Group Ltd (AX:SUL), which lost 14.48% or 1.190 points to trade at 7.030 in late trade. Vocus Group Ltd (AX:VOC) declined 10.45% or 0.300 points to end at 2.570 and Infigen Energy (AX:IFN) shed 4.51% or 0.030 points to 0.635.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 630 to 579 and 385 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 down 2.92% to 15.049.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.93% or 12.60 to $1343.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.14% or 0.70 to hit $62.25 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.17 to trade at $65.50 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.16% to 0.7926, while AUD/JPY rose 0.33% to 84.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 89.26.