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, Energy and Resources sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.13%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which rose 10.81% or 0.28 points to trade at 2.87 at the close. EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) added 7.58% or 0.05 points to end at 0.71 and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) was up 5.74% or 0.17 points to 3.13 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Ramelius Resources Ltd (ASX:RMS), which lost 4.69% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.03 in late trade. Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL) declined 3.91% or 0.10 points to end at 2.46 and Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) shed 3.49% or 0.17 points to 4.70.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 597 to 510 and 464 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 down 3.76% to 10.83.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.12% or 3.20 to $2,614.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.41% or 0.28 to hit $67.76 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.27 to trade at $71.56 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY fell 0.56% to 100.50.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 105.53.