sept 28 reuters  australian shares fell on tuesday as technology stocks tracked the overnight plunge in wall street’s techheavy nasdaq index while a firmer us dollar pushed domestic gold stocks to their lowest level in 112 years the spasx 200 index was down 062 at 733850 points as of 0100 gmt the benchmark closed 057 higher on monday tech stocks dived 22 and extended losses to a third day after tracking wall street’s nadaq composite index lower with investors pivoting to value as tech shares hurt by rising treasury yields weighed on equities megaport fell 33 to lead losses in the tech index followed by appen that dropped 34 sector heavyweight afterpay fell as much as 08 to hit a near oneweek low and was on track for a second consecutive session of losses gold stocks dived as much as 31 to their lowest level since march 2020 after a stronger dollar and elevated us treasury yields made bullion less appealing for holders of other currencies gold miners ora banda mining and evolution mining slid 43 and 39 respectively to lead losses in the index the metals and mining index was down 14 after prices of industrial metals fell as power curbs in top consumer china continued to hit demand mining heavyweights rio tinto bhp group and fortescue metals group fell between 11 and 21 energy stocks bucked the trend to gain up to 32 hitting their highest level in more than two months on firmer oil prices beach energy rose 73 to lead gains in the index while sector heavyweights whitehaven coal and woodside petroleum were up 42 and 39 respectively financials climbed 04 with the “big four” banks gaining between 02 and 2 elsewhere japan’s nikkei was down 06 at 3005401 points versus the previous session’s close of 3024006 points across the tasman sea new zealand’s benchmark spnzx 50 index was down 01 at 1322130 points