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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which rose 4.56% or 0.48 points to trade at 11.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Idp Education Ltd (ASX:IEL) added 4.29% or 1.35 points to end at 32.85 and Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX:EVN) was up 3.85% or 0.15 points to 4.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG), which fell 10.94% or 2.280 points to trade at 18.570 at the close. Pro Medicus Ltd (ASX:PME) declined 5.84% or 3.64 points to end at 58.70 and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) was down 5.31% or 0.120 points to 2.140.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 729 to 704 and 355 ended unchanged.
Shares in Idp Education Ltd (ASX:IEL) rose to all time highs; rising 4.29% or 1.35 to 32.85.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.88% to 10.449.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.30% or 5.55 to $1828.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.02% or 0.71 to hit $68.58 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.98% or 0.71 to trade at $71.90 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.32% to 0.7434, while AUD/JPY fell 0.19% to 81.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 92.255.
