Australia shares lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.13%
Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gold , Telecoms Services and Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Pact Group Holdings Ltd (AX: PGH ), which rose 5.52% or 0.340 points to trade at 6.500 at the close. Isentia Group Ltd (AX: ISD ) added 5.14% or 0.130 points to end at 2.660 and Primary Health Care Ltd (AX: PRY ) was up 3.90% or 0.140 points to 3.730 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vocus Fpo (AX: VOC ), which lost 27.26% or 1.570 points to trade at 4.190 in late trade. Syrah Res F (AX: SYR ) declined 7.95% or 0.240 points to end at 2.780 and TPG Telecom Ltd (AX: TPM ) shed 7.15% or 0.540 points to 7.010.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 576 to 469 and 346 ended unchanged on the Sydney Stock Exchange.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.29% to 12.758.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.11% or 1.30 to $1189.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.59% or 0.28 to hit $46.80 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.61% or 0.30 to trade at $48.91 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.04% to 0.7478, while AUD/JPY rose 0.07% to 83.80.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 101.34.
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