Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, and Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the lost 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (), which rose 9.41% or 2.59 points to trade at 30.12 at the close. Meanwhile, South32 Ltd () added 5.20% or 0.23 points to end at 4.65 and Austal Ltd () was up 4.50% or 0.17 points to 3.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ASX Ltd (), which fell 12.40% or 7.29 points to trade at 51.52 at the close. Infratil Ltd () declined 6.28% or 0.82 points to end at 12.24 and PEXA Group Ltd () was down 5.53% or 0.64 points to 10.85.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 649 to 485 and 404 ended unchanged.
Shares in PEXA Group Ltd (ASX:PXA) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.53% or 0.64 to 10.85.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.36% to 12.67.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.16% or 7.19 to $4,563.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, for delivery in July fell 4.80% or 4.64 to hit $91.96 a barrel, while the August contract rose 2.18% or 2.04 to trade at $95.46 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 0.72, while AUD/JPY fell 0.06% to 113.96.
The Futures was up 0.10% at 99.02.