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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (ASX:DHG), which rose 5.47% or 0.14 points to trade at 2.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Champion Iron Ltd (ASX:CIA) added 4.96% or 0.35 points to end at 7.40 and G8 Education Ltd (ASX:GEM) was up 4.61% or 0.05 points to 1.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP), which fell 6.90% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.54 at the close. St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) declined 6.75% or 0.06 points to end at 0.76 and Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) was down 5.41% or 0.08 points to 1.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 756 to 466 and 392 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.41% or 0.08 to 1.40.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.83% to 11.77 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.10% or 1.75 to $1,823.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.34% or 0.27 to hit $78.56 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.23 to trade at $82.43 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.86% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY rose 0.45% to 89.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 103.61.
