Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.29% By Investing.com

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<p>Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.</p>
<p>At the close in Sydney, the lost 0.29%.</p>
<p>The best performers of the session on the were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:), which rose 8.00% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Healius Ltd (ASX:) added 6.76% or 0.13 points to end at 1.98 and Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:) was up 5.26% or 0.02 points to 0.40 in late trade.</p>
<p>The worst performers of the session were <span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Corporation"><span itemprop="name"> Pilbara Minerals Ltd </span></span> (ASX:), which fell 3.42% or 0.13 points to trade at 3.67 at the close. Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:) declined 3.00% or 0.21 points to end at 6.80 and CSR Ltd (ASX:) was down 2.59% or 0.15 points to 5.65.</p>
<p>Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 588 to 481 and 353 ended unchanged.</p>
<p>The , which measures the implied volatility of S&amp;P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.14% to 12.54.</p>
<p>Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.52% or 10.25 to $1,978.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.45% or 0.36 to hit $80.46 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.43 to trade at $84.75 a barrel.</p>
<p>AUD/USD was down 0.88% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY fell 0.75% to 96.65.</p>
<p>The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 105.25.</p>
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