Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gold, Energy and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which rose 10.81% or 0.28 points to trade at 2.87 at the close. Meanwhile, EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) added 7.58% or 0.05 points to end at 0.71 and Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1) was up 5.33% or 0.41 points to 8.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ramelius Resources Ltd (ASX:RMS), which fell 4.69% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.03 at the close. St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) declined 3.17% or 0.01 points to end at 0.31 and Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL) was down 3.91% or 0.10 points to 2.46.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 598 to 501 and 457 ended unchanged.
Shares in Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 10.81% or 0.28 to 2.87.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.76% to 10.83.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.11% or 2.95 to $2,614.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.40% or 0.27 to hit $67.77 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.27 to trade at $71.56 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY fell 0.53% to 100.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 105.53.
