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

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX: RSG ), which rose 10.89% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Tabcorp Holdings Ltd (ASX: TAH ) added 9.65% or 0.06 points to end at 0.63 and Nextdc Ltd (ASX: NXT ) was up 8.29% or 1.05 points to 13.71 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Platinum Asset Management Ltd (ASX: PTM ), which fell 7.46% or 0.05 points to trade at 0.63 at the close. Appen Ltd (ASX: APX ) declined 5.36% or 0.05 points to end at 0.80 and Polynovo Ltd (ASX: PNV ) was down 5.14% or 0.07 points to 1.20.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 617 to 479 and 437 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.80% to 12.32.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.44% or 47.76 to $3,370.06 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.86% or 1.06 to hit $58.19 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.81% or 1.09 to trade at $61.32 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY fell 0.16% to 92.80.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 99.61.