Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the fell 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Credit Corp Group Ltd (ASX:), which rose 3.34% or 0.54 points to trade at 16.71 at the close. Premier Investments Ltd (ASX:) added 2.00% or 0.61 points to end at 31.16 and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX:) was up 1.98% or 0.62 points to 32.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:), which lost 5.21% or 1.06 points to trade at 19.29 in late trade. IGO Ltd (ASX:) declined 4.82% or 0.28 points to end at 5.53 and Champion Iron Ltd (ASX:) shed 4.42% or 0.31 points to 6.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 650 to 407 and 380 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.16% to 12.14.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.15% or 4.10 to $2,661.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.57% or 1.21 to hit $75.93 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.52% or 1.23 to trade at $79.70 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.60% to 99.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 102.17.
