Australia stocks lower at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 down 0.33%

Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gold, Energy and Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.33%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Ingenia Communities Group Unit (ASX:INA), which rose 9.79% or 0.42 points to trade at 4.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Austal Ltd (ASX:ASB) added 6.39% or 0.25 points to end at 4.16 and Cochlear Ltd (ASX:COH) was up 4.82% or 6.39 points to 138.94 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ampol Ltd (ASX:ALD), which fell 5.49% or 2.30 points to trade at 39.63 at the close. GQG Partners Inc DRC (ASX:GQG) declined 4.63% or 0.05 points to end at 1.03 and Stanmore Resources Limited (ASX:SMR) was down 4.29% or 0.12 points to 2.68.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 630 to 392 and 366 ended unchanged.

Shares in GQG Partners Inc DRC (ASX:GQG) fell to all time lows; down 4.63% or 0.05 to 1.03.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.46% to 10.88.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.21% or 8.63 to $4,151.47 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.24% or 0.24 to hit $98.78 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.39 to trade at $109.94 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 0.70, while AUD/JPY fell 0.17% to 110.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 101.58.