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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were AMP Ltd (ASX:AMP), which rose 9.80% or 0.150 points to trade at 1.680 at the close. Meanwhile, CSR Ltd (ASX:CSR) added 5.67% or 0.250 points to end at 4.660 and Boral Ltd. (ASX:BLD) was up 5.48% or 0.250 points to 4.810 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Avita Therapeutics Inc (ASX:AVH), which fell 5.06% or 0.300 points to trade at 5.630 at the close. Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV) declined 4.62% or 0.120 points to end at 2.480 and Skycity Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SKC) was down 4.58% or 0.12 points to 2.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 926 to 393 and 271 ended unchanged.
Shares in Avita Therapeutics Inc (ASX:AVH) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.06% or 0.300 to 5.630.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.49% to 24.498 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 3.95 to $1883.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.47% or 1.60 to hit $34.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.93% or 1.49 to trade at $36.45 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.33% to 0.7003, while AUD/JPY fell 0.26% to 73.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 94.198.
