Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the A-REITs , Utilities and Energy sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.12%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Flight Centre Ltd (ASX: FLT ), which rose 4.27% or 0.72 points to trade at 17.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Aristocrat Leisure Ltd (ASX: ALL ) added 4.21% or 2.90 points to end at 71.85 and Dexus (ASX: DXS ) was up 3.39% or 0.23 points to 7.01 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nuix Ltd (ASX: NXL ), which fell 20.19% or 1.09 points to trade at 4.31 at the close. Goodman Group (ASX: GMG ) declined 8.18% or 3.12 points to end at 35.00 and Nextdc Ltd (ASX: NXT ) was down 7.23% or 1.15 points to 14.75.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 649 to 450 and 477 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 7.67% to 10.97.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.32% or 8.82 to $2,775.02 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.52% or 0.38 to hit $73.55 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.40 to trade at $76.58 a barrel.

AUD/USD was unchanged 0.60% to 0.63, while AUD/JPY rose 0.25% to 97.35.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 107.68.