Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the lost 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the were Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX:), which rose 6.62% or 8.890 points to trade at 143.140 at the close. Meanwhile, Graincorp Ltd (ASX:) added 4.74% or 0.20 points to end at 4.42 and AP Eagers Ltd (ASX:) was up 4.25% or 0.59 points to 14.47 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Challenger Ltd (ASX:), which fell 14.82% or 1.070 points to trade at 6.150 at the close. Boral Ltd. (ASX:) declined 7.39% or 0.400 points to end at 5.010 and Adelaide Brighton Ltd (ASX:) was down 5.90% or 0.190 points to 3.030.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 723 to 618 and 353 ended unchanged.
Shares in AP Eagers Ltd (ASX:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.25% or 0.59 to 14.47.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.31% to 14.457.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.48% or 8.85 to $1843.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.78% or 0.45 to hit $58.42 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.43 to trade at $61.13 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.24% to 0.7719, while AUD/JPY fell 0.14% to 80.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 90.718.
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