Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals & Mining, Materials and Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which rose 59.30% or 0.26 points to trade at 0.69 at the close. Credit Corp Group Ltd (ASX:CCP) added 13.55% or 2.06 points to end at 17.26 and EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) was up 3.87% or 0.04 points to 0.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG), which lost 9.98% or 2.03 points to trade at 18.32 in late trade. Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB) declined 7.01% or 0.08 points to end at 1.00 and IGO Ltd (ASX:IGO) shed 4.41% or 0.25 points to 5.42.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 692 to 404 and 453 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 1.90% to 12.36.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.35% or 8.50 to $2,434.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.47% or 0.36 to hit $75.45 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.36 to trade at $78.69 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.69% to 101.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 104.42.