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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were AMP Ltd (ASX:AMP), which rose 9.30% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.175 at the close. Meanwhile, Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) added 5.43% or 0.120 points to end at 2.330 and Nufarm Ltd (ASX:NUF) was up 4.24% or 0.19 points to 4.67 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hub24 Ltd (ASX:HUB), which fell 3.06% or 0.95 points to trade at 30.11 at the close. Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL) declined 1.95% or 0.06 points to end at 3.01 and Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) was down 1.93% or 0.06 points to 3.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 711 to 682 and 411 ended unchanged.
Shares in Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.93% or 0.06 to 3.05.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 7.28% to 13.294.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.47% or 8.35 to $1781.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.62% or 1.36 to hit $82.55 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.40% or 1.19 to trade at $83.53 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.24% to 0.7445, while AUD/JPY rose 0.24% to 84.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.097.
