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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were JB Hi-Fi Ltd (ASX:JBH), which rose 6.86% or 3.20 points to trade at 49.84 at the close. Meanwhile, G8 Education Ltd (ASX:GEM) added 4.63% or 0.050 points to end at 1.130 and Netwealth Group Ltd (ASX:NWL) was up 3.73% or 0.59 points to 16.42 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN), which fell 7.13% or 0.57 points to trade at 7.42 at the close. Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) declined 3.65% or 0.23 points to end at 6.07 and Virgin Money PLC (ASX:VUK) was down 3.53% or 0.13 points to 3.55.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 732 to 698 and 387 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.65% or 0.23 to 6.07.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.80% to 13.639.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.02% or 0.45 to $1816.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.21% or 1.84 to hit $85.14 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.86% or 1.61 to trade at $88.09 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.11% to 0.7202, while AUD/JPY rose 0.14% to 82.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 95.290.
