Australia shares lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.08%

Investing.com – Australia equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Staples, Metals&Mining and Resources sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.08%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL), which rose 12.36% or 0.11 points to trade at 1.00 at the close. EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) added 4.96% or 0.04 points to end at 0.74 and Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN) was up 4.93% or 0.23 points to 4.90 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN), which lost 8.20% or 3.24 points to trade at 36.27 in late trade. Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) declined 5.91% or 0.06 points to end at 0.96 and IGO Ltd (ASX:IGO) shed 4.25% or 0.23 points to 5.18.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 602 to 486 and 442 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 0.87% to 11.07.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 3.95 to $2,527.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $74.06 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.21% or 0.16 to trade at $77.36 a barrel.

AUD/USD was down 0.79% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 1.30% to 98.47.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 101.67.