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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.03% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nanosonics Ltd (ASX:NAN), which rose 9.35% or 0.52 points to trade at 6.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Crown Ltd (ASX:CWN) added 8.70% or 0.840 points to end at 10.500 and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) was up 8.13% or 0.170 points to 2.260 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN), which fell 7.04% or 3.02 points to trade at 39.89 at the close. Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL) declined 6.14% or 0.140 points to end at 2.140 and Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC) was down 4.23% or 0.120 points to 2.720.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 703 to 703 and 416 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.59% to 11.879.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.22% or 3.95 to $1802.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.42% or 0.35 to hit $83.41 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.21 to trade at $84.96 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 0.7491, while AUD/JPY rose 0.33% to 85.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.918.
