Australia Stocks Close Lower

Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, with losses primarily in the Gold, Utilities, and Financials sectors.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.40%.

Best Performers

Appen Ltd (ASX:APX): rose 8.47% or 0.16 points to trade at 2.05.
Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN): added 4.09% or 1.50 points to end at 38.20.
Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX:TAH): up 2.15% or 0.01 points to 0.47 in late trade.

St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM): fell 26.09% or 0.12 points to trade at 0.34.
Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP): declined 6.26% or 2.11 points to end at 31.60.
Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX:MFG): down 2.64% or 0.28 points to 10.34.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 630 to 400, with 476 ending unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 2.58% to 13.66.

Gold Futures for December: down 0.07% or 1.80 to $2,744.40 a troy ounce.
Crude oil for December: rose 0.08% or 0.06 to $71.53 a barrel.
January Brent oil contract: rose 0.11% or 0.08 to trade at $75.16 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged at 0.22% to 0.66, while AUD/JPY rose 0.42% to 100.61.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 103.82.