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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP), which rose 6.00% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.53 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Eagers Ltd (ASX:APE) added 3.31% or 0.35 points to end at 10.91 and NIB Holdings (ASX:NHF) was up 2.82% or 0.21 points to 7.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN), which fell 9.67% or 0.29 points to trade at 2.71 at the close. Perenti Global Ltd (ASX:PRN) declined 6.92% or 0.05 points to end at 0.61 and Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL) was down 5.70% or 0.05 points to 0.74.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 857 to 479 and 353 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN) fell to 3-years lows; losing 9.67% or 0.29 to 2.71.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.56% to 18.24.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.07% or 1.20 to $1,732.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.07% or 2.15 to hit $101.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.69% or 1.81 to trade at $105.29 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.31% to 92.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 108.35.
