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 declined 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which rose 11.73% or 0.23 points to trade at 2.19 at the close. Rea Group Ltd (ASX:REA) added 4.50% or 9.05 points to end at 210.05 and Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:CUV) was up 3.78% or 0.53 points to 14.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM), which lost 4.86% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.34 in late trade. Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:TAH) declined 4.46% or 0.02 points to end at 0.48 and Qantas Airways Ltd (ASX:QAN) shed 4.18% or 0.31 points to 7.11.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 642 to 469 and 439 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 3.56% to 12.24.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.24% or 6.40 to $2,665.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $68.25 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.09 to trade at $71.79 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 0.69, while AUD/JPY rose 0.71% to 100.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 100.55.