Australian shares fall at the close; The S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.35% 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 was down 0.35%.

The best performers of the session on the were Credit Corp Group Ltd (ASX: ), which was up 3.34% or 0.54 points to trade at 16.71 at the close. Meanwhile, Premier Investments Ltd (ASX:) was up 2.00% or 0.61 points to end at 31.16 and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX:) was up 1.98% or 0 .62 points to 32.01 in late trading.

The worst performers of the session were Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX: ), which declined 5.21% or 1.06 points to 19.29 at the close. IGO Ltd (ASX: ) declined 4.82% or 0.28 points to end at 5.53 and Champion Iron Ltd (ASX: ) declined 4.42% or 0.31 points to end at 6.70.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 650 to 407, with 380 ending unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, rose 1.16% to 12.14.

Gold futures for December delivery fell 0.16%, or 4.30, to $2,661.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for November delivery fell 1.54%, or 1.19, to $75.95 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 1.21, to 79.72 dollars per barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.60% to 99.56.

US dollar index futures fell 0.13% to 102.17.