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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 1.34% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX:APT), which rose 18.77% or 18.14 points to trade at 114.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Zip Co Ltd (ASX:Z1P) added 9.04% or 0.60 points to end at 7.24 and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) was up 7.63% or 0.135 points to 1.905 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN), which fell 4.35% or 2.74 points to trade at 60.27 at the close. Champion Iron Ltd (ASX:CIA) declined 4.21% or 0.320 points to end at 7.280 and Boral Ltd. (ASX:BLD) was down 4.18% or 0.300 points to 6.880.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 727 to 639 and 406 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) rose to all time highs; gaining 7.63% or 0.135 to 1.905.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 5.23% to 11.815.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.38% or 6.95 to $1810.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.01% or 0.75 to hit $73.20 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.02% or 0.77 to trade at $74.64 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.13% to 0.7354, while AUD/JPY rose 0.32% to 80.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 92.013.
