Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Discretionary, IT and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Galaxy Resources Ltd (AX:GXY), which rose 6.40% or 0.155 points to trade at 2.575 at the close. Santos Ltd (AX:STO) added 3.47% or 0.140 points to end at 4.170 and Beach Energy Ltd (AX:BPT) was up 3.25% or 0.025 points to 0.795 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Premier Investments Ltd (AX:PMV), which lost 4.48% or 0.600 points to trade at 12.800 in late trade. Platinum Asset Management Ltd (AX:PTM) declined 3.83% or 0.240 points to end at 6.030 and Seven West Media Ltd (AX:SWM) shed 3.65% or 0.025 points to 0.660.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 635 to 534 and 351 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 0.16% to 12.318.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.75 to $1313.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $52.14 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $58.42 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.06% to 0.7942, while AUD/JPY fell 0.01% to 88.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 92.45.