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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.11% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nickel Mines Ltd (ASX:NIC), which rose 6.51% or 0.070 points to trade at 1.145 at the close. Meanwhile, Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL) added 6.04% or 0.16 points to end at 2.81 and Iluka Resources Ltd (ASX:ILU) was up 4.50% or 0.420 points to 9.750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Silver Lake Resources Ltd (ASX:SLR), which fell 8.50% or 0.150 points to trade at 1.615 at the close. Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) declined 6.23% or 0.670 points to end at 10.090 and Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) was down 2.48% or 0.015 points to 0.590.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 739 to 603 and 416 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.07% to 11.664.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.12% or 2.15 to $1807.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.29% or 0.21 to hit $71.70 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.18 to trade at $73.61 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.23% to 0.7361, while AUD/JPY fell 0.01% to 81.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 92.920.
