Australia Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the IT, Financials, and A-REITs sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.36%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were:
– Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN): +8.89% (3.04 points) to trade at 37.23
– Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS): +6.98% (0.15 points) to end at 2.30
– Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG): +6.23% (1.20 points) to 20.45 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Perpetual Ltd (ASX:PPT): -8.63% (1.89 points) to trade at 20.02
– Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:PME): -8.96% (24.04 points) to end at 244.33
– Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW): -6.25% (0.40 points) to 6.00.

Market Overview

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 625 to 435, with 400 ending unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.13% to 10.34.

Commodities Update

• Gold Futures for February delivery were up 0.24% (6.34) to $2,692.14 a troy ounce.
• Crude Oil for delivery in January fell 0.64% (0.44) to $67.93 a barrel.
• The February Brent Oil contract fell 0.54% (0.39) to trade at $71.75 a barrel.

Currency Update

• AUD/USD was unchanged at 0.69% to 0.64.
• AUD/JPY fell 0.73% to 96.66.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged at 0.00% at 105.82.