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

The Sydney closing price fell 0.4%

These were the best performers of the session Gold Road Resources Ltd (ASX:) traded at 1.335 at close, up 7.23%. In the meantime, Silver Lake Resources Ltd (ASX) gained 5.67%, or 0.80 points, to close at 1.490. St Barbara Ltd was up 5.19% (0.070 points) to 1.420 late trade.

They were also the session’s worst performers Appen Ltd (ASX) fell by 5.03%, or 0.45 point to close at 8.50. Afterpay Touch Group Ltd. (ASX 🙂 lost 5.02% (or 6.00 points) to finish at 113.60. Platinum Asset Management Ltd. was also down 4.89% (or 0.17 points) to reach 3.31.

The Sydney Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing stock by 986, 419, and 359 respectively.

Appen Ltd’s shares fell by 5.03% (or 0.45 to 8.50) to its 3-year lows.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.91% to 15.507.

Dec delivery gold futures fell 0.40% to $1760.55 an troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 0.22 or 0.22 in November to $77.84/barrel, while December Brent oil contracts rose 0.39, or 0.48, to $81.65/barrel.

AUD/USD dropped 0.233% to 0.7267. AUD/JPY climbed 0.02% up to 80.77.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.2% at 93.965