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

The Sydney close saw the stock fall 0.77%.

Polynovo Ltd. (ASX) was the best performer of the session, rising 25.17% or 0.360 point to close at 1.790. Alumina Ltd. (ASX) gained 3.88%, or 0.075 point to trade at 2.010 Regis Resources Ltd In late trade, the ASX: was up by 3.84% (or 0.070 points) to 1.895

ARB Corporation Ltd. ASX: was among the worst-performing stocks of the session. It fell 12.31%, or 6.50 points, to trade at 46.32 after the closing. Inghams Group Ltd (ASX:) fell 5.95%, or 0.21 points, to finish at 3.32 Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX): The ASX was at 49.90 with a drop of 5.17%.

The Sydney Stock Exchange reported that falling stocks outnumbered those in progress by 799 to 584, and 380 was unchanged at the end.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 4.73% to 13.699.

The February delivery of Gold Futures was at $1808.50 per troy ounce, an increase of 0.54%. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose by 0.70 to $78.93/barrel in February. The March Brent oil contract rose 0.74 to $81.47/barrel.

The AUD/USD rose 0.2% to 0.7184 while the AUD/JPY increased by 0.2% to 82.55.

At 95.850 the US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.5%