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 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Ardent Leisure Group (ASX:AAD), which rose 11.34% or 0.225 points to trade at 2.210 at the close. Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) added 8.72% or 3.310 points to end at 41.260 and Greencross Ltd (ASX:GXL) was up 5.64% or 0.380 points to 7.120 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Karoon Gas Australia Ltd (ASX:KAR), which lost 3.91% or 0.110 points to trade at 2.700 in late trade. Transpacific Industries Group Ltd (ASX:TPI) declined 3.75% or 0.030 points to end at 0.770 and Bluescope Steel Ltd (ASX:BSL) shed 3.69% or 0.140 points to 3.650.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 496 to 486 and 174 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 2.70% to 16.820.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1188.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.20% or 0.12 to hit $58.81 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.14 to trade at $66.31 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.39% to 0.7867, while AUD/JPY rose 0.40% to 94.52.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 95.93.