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 declined 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the were Fletcher Building Ltd (ASX:), which rose 8.82% or 0.22 points to trade at 2.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:) added 6.63% or 0.41 points to end at 6.51 and Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:) was up 6.53% or 2.40 points to 39.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:), which fell 4.89% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.44 at the close. Atlas Arteria (ASX:) declined 4.22% or 0.21 points to end at 4.66 and Appen Ltd (ASX:) was down 3.35% or 0.07 points to 2.02.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 593 to 482 and 467 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atlas Arteria (ASX:) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.22% or 0.21 to 4.66.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.82% to 11.69.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.60 to $2,651.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.21% or 0.85 to hit $71.22 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.04% or 0.76 to trade at $73.97 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY rose 0.14% to 98.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 100.75.
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