Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the fell 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the were Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:), which rose 8.89% or 3.04 points to trade at 37.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:) added 6.98% or 0.15 points to end at 2.30 and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:) was up 6.23% or 1.20 points to 20.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Perpetual Ltd (ASX:), which fell 8.63% or 1.89 points to trade at 20.02 at the close. Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:) declined 8.96% or 24.04 points to end at 244.33 and Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:) was down 6.25% or 0.40 points to 6.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 625 to 435 and 400 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.13% to 10.34.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.24% or 6.34 to $2,692.14 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.64% or 0.44 to hit $67.93 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.39 to trade at $71.75 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.69% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY fell 0.73% to 96.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 105.82.
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