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

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM ), which rose 19.23% or 0.05 points to trade at 0.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX: RSG ) added 8.60% or 0.04 points to end at 0.51 and Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN ) was up 5.44% or 0.46 points to 8.92 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Zip Co Ltd (ASX: ZIP ), which fell 9.04% or 0.15 points to trade at 1.51 at the close. Polynovo Ltd (ASX: PNV ) declined 6.28% or 0.07 points to end at 1.04 and Nextdc Ltd (ASX: NXT ) was down 6.18% or 0.69 points to 10.48.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 721 to 436 and 407 ended unchanged.

Shares in Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN ) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.44% or 0.46 to 8.92.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.72% to 13.97.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.86% or 63.86 to $3,489.16 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.80% or 0.50 to hit $62.91 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.46 to trade at $66.72 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY fell 0.47% to 90.17.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.98.