Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Financials and Real Estate Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN), which rose 8.69% or 2.97 points to trade at 37.16 at the close. Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) added 6.51% or 0.14 points to end at 2.29 and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) was up 6.23% or 1.20 points to 20.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:PME), which lost 8.96% or 24.04 points to trade at 244.33 in late trade. Perpetual Ltd (ASX:PPT) declined 8.40% or 1.84 points to end at 20.07 and Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW) shed 6.25% or 0.40 points to 6.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 633 to 438 and 464 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 0.13% to 10.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.24% or 6.40 to $2,692.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.63% or 0.43 to hit $67.94 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.37 to trade at $71.77 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.70% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY fell 0.73% to 96.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 105.82.