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 lost 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the were Appen Ltd (ASX:), which rose 11.73% or 0.23 points to trade at 2.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Rea Group Ltd (ASX:) added 4.50% or 9.05 points to end at 210.05 and Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:) was up 3.78% or 0.53 points to 14.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were St Barbara Ltd (ASX:), which fell 4.86% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.34 at the close. Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:) declined 4.46% or 0.02 points to end at 0.48 and Qantas Airways Ltd (ASX:) was down 4.18% or 0.31 points to 7.11.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 642 to 469 and 439 ended unchanged.
Shares in Appen Ltd (ASX:) rose to 52-week highs; up 11.73% or 0.23 to 2.19.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.56% to 12.24.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 6.65 to $2,666.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $68.23 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $71.75 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 0.69, while AUD/JPY rose 0.71% to 100.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 100.55.
