Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.04%

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 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the were Chorus Ltd (ASX:), which rose 3.53% or 0.200 points to trade at 5.860 at the close. Meanwhile, IPH Ltd (ASX:) added 3.49% or 0.290 points to end at 8.590 and Star Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:) was up 3.06% or 0.140 points to 4.720 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Smartgroup Corporation Ltd (ASX:), which fell 7.12% or 0.540 points to trade at 7.040 at the close. Virgin Money UK PLC (ASX:) declined 6.34% or 0.260 points to end at 3.840 and Lynas Corporation Ltd (ASX:) was down 6.20% or 0.160 points to 2.420.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 566 to 566 and 327 ended unchanged.

Shares in Smartgroup Corporation Ltd (ASX:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.12% or 0.540 to 7.040.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.14% to 11.507.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.05% or 0.75 to $1481.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $60.12 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $65.35 a barrel.

AUD/USD was down 0.30% to 0.6864, while AUD/JPY fell 0.25% to 75.19.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.695.

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