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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:A2M), which rose 13.45% or 0.78 points to trade at 6.58 at the close. Meanwhile, GUD Holdings Ltd (ASX:GUD) added 8.72% or 0.92 points to end at 11.47 and Star Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SGR) was up 6.54% or 0.21 points to 3.42 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG), which fell 5.34% or 0.790 points to trade at 14.000 at the close. Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) declined 4.62% or 2.05 points to end at 42.28 and Bank Of Queensland Ltd. (ASX:BOQ) was down 4.32% or 0.42 points to 9.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 829 to 551 and 358 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 3.84% to 14.366.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.37% or 6.50 to $1765.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $80.56 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.07 to trade at $83.35 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.01% to 0.7348, while AUD/JPY fell 0.03% to 83.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.347.
