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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Nufarm Ltd (ASX:NUF), which rose 5.78% or 0.27 points to trade at 4.94 at the close. Meanwhile, NIB Holdings (ASX:NHF) added 5.78% or 0.39 points to end at 7.14 and CSR Ltd (ASX:CSR) was up 4.67% or 0.280 points to 6.280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP), which fell 18.40% or 26.18 points to trade at 116.12 at the close. Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:BPT) declined 5.15% or 0.070 points to end at 1.290 and Inghams Group Ltd (ASX:ING) was down 5.01% or 0.19 points to 3.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 738 to 683 and 365 ended unchanged.
Shares in CSR Ltd (ASX:CSR) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.67% or 0.280 to 6.280.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.64% to 12.677.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.54% or 9.55 to $1773.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.14% or 0.11 to hit $80.75 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.26 to trade at $82.25 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.03% to 0.7443, while AUD/JPY rose 0.22% to 85.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.123.
