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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 1.75%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Virgin Money PLC (ASX:VUK), which rose 9.52% or 0.20 points to trade at 2.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) added 7.60% or 4.03 points to end at 57.05 and Janus Henderson Group PLC DRC (ASX:JHG) was up 6.09% or 1.93 points to 33.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX), which fell 6.43% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.80 at the close. Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) declined 5.06% or 0.25 points to end at 4.69 and Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) was down 4.68% or 0.13 points to 2.65.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 767 to 487 and 394 ended unchanged.
Shares in Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.68% or 0.13 to 2.65.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 4.14% to 18.68.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.27% or 4.45 to $1,672.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.50% or 0.45 to hit $89.56 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.40 to trade at $94.97 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 0.63, while AUD/JPY rose 0.60% to 93.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 112.51.
