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 to 1.00%

They were the top performers at the session Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX 🙂 rose 10.56% to close at 10.99 at the close. Cochlear Ltd. (ASX) gained 9.00%, or 17.12 point to close at 207.37 Costa Group Holdings Ltd The ASX: was trading at 8.67%, 0.260 points higher than 3.260 by late trade.

They were also the worst performers of the session. Nanosonics Ltd (ASX 🙂 dropped 13.14% or 0.62 point to trade at 4.10 by the close. Zip Co Ltd (ASX) fell 9.70%, or 0.23 point to close at 2.14. Perenti Global Ltd was down 8.2% or 0.065 to 0.745.

The Sydney Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing stock by 1278, 292 and 289 respectively.

Nanosonics Ltd. shares (ASX:), fell 13.14% to 0.62 to 4.10. Zip Co Ltd’s shares (ASX:), fell to 52-week lowests. They were down 9.70%, or 0.23 to 2.14.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 9.04% to 17.501.

For April delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.63% to $1911.85 per troy-ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose by 3.68%, 3.32, to hit $93.53/barrel, and the May Brent Oil contract, which rose by 2.10%, or 1.95, to trade at $94.94/barrel.

The Australian Dollar/USD exchange rate was at 0.7206 by 0.2%, and the Australian Dollar/JPY traded at 82.68 by 0.2%.

At 96.112, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.10%.