Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the A-REITs, Telecoms Services and Energy sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.92%.

The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd (ASX:CWY), which rose 5.79% or 0.14 points to trade at 2.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) added 4.74% or 0.11 points to end at 2.43 and Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) was up 4.03% or 0.06 points to 1.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Computershare Ltd. (ASX:CPU), which fell 4.79% or 1.08 points to trade at 21.45 at the close. Mirvac Group (ASX:MGR) declined 4.20% or 0.10 points to end at 2.28 and Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC) was down 3.56% or 0.40 points to 10.83.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 813 to 482 and 378 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.33% to 12.75.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.60 to $1,990.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $75.77 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.16 to trade at $79.47 a barrel.

AUD/USD was up 1.25% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 1.32% to 92.36.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 101.72.