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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were AP Eagers Ltd (ASX:APE), which rose 9.87% or 0.45 points to trade at 5.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Webjet Ltd (ASX:WEB) added 9.33% or 0.25 points to end at 2.93 and Flight Centre Ltd (ASX:FLT) was up 8.14% or 0.81 points to 10.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Iluka Resources Ltd (ASX:ILU), which fell 3.95% or 0.300 points to trade at 7.290 at the close. Independence Group NL (ASX:IGO) declined 3.85% or 0.180 points to end at 4.490 and Alumina Ltd (ASX:AWC) was down 3.48% or 0.055 points to 1.525.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 772 to 453 and 326 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.98% to 27.385.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.17% or 2.90 to $1728.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 5.99% or 1.41 to hit $24.96 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 4.07% or 1.20 to trade at $30.66 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.54% to 0.6529, while AUD/JPY rose 0.70% to 69.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 99.755.
