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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.07% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (ASX:RWC), which rose 4.62% or 0.24 points to trade at 5.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC) added 4.04% or 0.110 points to end at 2.830 and Sonic Healthcare Ltd (ASX:SHL) was up 3.72% or 1.46 points to 40.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Codan Ltd (ASX:CDA), which fell 18.77% or 2.53 points to trade at 10.95 at the close. A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:A2M) declined 11.97% or 0.82 points to end at 6.03 and Champion Iron Ltd (ASX:CIA) was down 6.63% or 0.320 points to 4.510.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 826 to 580 and 402 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.47% to 11.586 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.38% or 6.85 to $1786.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.45% or 1.23 to hit $83.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.99 to trade at $84.66 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.30% to 0.7521, while AUD/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 85.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.832.
