Australian shares fall at the close; The S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.95% by Investing.com

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

At the close in Sydney, it lost 0.95%.

The best performers of the session on the were Appen Ltd (ASX: ) which rose 11.73% or 0.23 points to trade at 2.19 at the close. Meanwhile, Rea Group Ltd (ASX: ) added 4.50% or 9.05 points to end at 210.05 and Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX: ) was up 3.78% or 0.53 points to 14.55 at end of transactions.

The worst performers of the session were St Barbara Ltd (ASX: ), which fell 4.86% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.34 at the close. Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX: ) declined 4.46% or 0.02 points to end at 0.48 and Qantas Airways Ltd (ASX: ) declined 4.18% or 0.31 points to end at 7. 11.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 642 to 469, with 439 ending unchanged.

Shares in Appen Ltd (ASX:) rose to 52-week highs; up 11.73% or 0.23 to 2.19.

which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, rose 3.56% to 12.24.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.25 percent, or 6.65, to $2,666.05 a troy ounce. In other commodity trading, crude for November delivery rose 0.09% or 0.06 to $68.23 a barrel, while December Brent crude futures rose 0.07% or 0 .05 to $71.75 per barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 0.69, while AUD/JPY rose 0.71% to 100.02.

US dollar index futures rose 0.03% to 100.55.