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

The decline was 0.08% at the Sydney close.

The best performers of the session on the were Nuix Ltd (ASX:), which rose 7.69% or 0.20 points to trade at 2.80 at the close. During this time, A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX) added 5.29% (or 0.35 points) to finish at 6.97. Zip Co Ltd was up 5.19% (or 0.35 points) to 7.10 late trade.

These were the worst performers of the session. Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:), fell 5.72%, or 0.29 points, to trade at 4.78 by the close. Codan Ltd (ASX 🙂 dropped 4.47% or 0.58 to end at 12.39. Bluescope Steel Ltd. (ASX 🙂 was down 3.52 or 0.730 to 20.030.

Stocks that are rising outnumbered those in decline on the Sydney Stock Exchange were 767 to 635 while 417 stood unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.49% to 12.247.

For December delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.97% to $1782.85 per troy an ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 0.80% to $82.34/barrel, and December Brent oil, which rose 0.52% to trade at $84.77/barrel.

AUD/USD rose 0.74%, to 0.7465. AUD/JPY climbed 0.46% to 85.09.

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.3% to 93.632