Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, A-REITs and IT sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were GUD Holdings Ltd (ASX:GUD), which rose 11.87% or 1.16 points to trade at 10.93 at the close. Meanwhile, Alumina Ltd (ASX:AWC) added 6.88% or 0.11 points to end at 1.71 and Healius Ltd (ASX:HLS) was up 4.69% or 0.06 points to 1.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL), which fell 5.66% or 0.05 points to trade at 0.75 at the close. Fletcher Building Ltd (ASX:FBU) declined 4.01% or 0.12 points to end at 2.76 and Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW) was down 3.26% or 0.21 points to 6.24.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 614 to 510 and 454 ended unchanged.
Shares in Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.66% or 0.05 to 0.75. Shares in Alumina Ltd (ASX:AWC) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.88% or 0.11 to 1.71. Shares in Fletcher Building Ltd (ASX:FBU) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.01% or 0.12 to 2.76.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 5.31% to 11.42.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.11% or 2.65 to $2,345.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $79.20 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.11 to trade at $83.47 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.06% to 103.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 105.18.