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Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.83% -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Reuters. Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.83%

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

The Australian dollar fell 0.83% at the Sydney close to reach a new one-month low.

St Barbara Ltd. (ASX) was the best performer of the session, rising 12.68% (0.18 points) to close at 1.60. Meanwhile, Mesoblast Ltd (ASX) gained 4.04%, or 0.04 points, to reach 1.03 Westgold Resources Ltd Late trade saw an increase of 3.81% (or 0.09 points) in ASX: to 2.45

They were also the session’s worst performers Nickel Mines Ltd (ASX 🙂 dropped 10.61% (0.18 points) to close at 1.48. Bluescope Steel Ltd. (ASX:), which fell 8.833% or 1.84 to finish at 18.99, lost 0.18 points. South32 Ltd (ASX): The ASX was 0.35 point lower at 5.01 than it was at 6.53%.

On the Sydney Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered those in progress by 991 to 435. 379 was left unchanged.

Westgold Resources Ltd. shares (ASX:), rose to 52-week peak; increasing 3.81%, or 0.09 to 2.45

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.31% to 18.94.

For April delivery, Gold Futures rose 1.52% to $2.026.30 an ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil rose 2.96 percent or $22.36 to reach $122.36 per barrel. The May Brent oil contract rose 3.13 or 3.86, to trade at $127.07 per barrel.

AUD/USD was stable at 0.73, while AUD/JPY dropped 0.27% to 84.14.

At 99.15, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.15%.

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