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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX:APT), which rose 11.37% or 13.05 points to trade at 127.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Zip Co Ltd (ASX:Z1P) added 7.46% or 0.54 points to end at 7.78 and Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG) was up 5.50% or 0.030 points to 0.575 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH), which fell 11.23% or 1.23 points to trade at 9.73 at the close. Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC) declined 5.36% or 0.120 points to end at 2.120 and Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX:PRU) was down 3.55% or 0.060 points to 1.630.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 690 to 658 and 404 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.74% to 11.728.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.49% or 8.95 to $1813.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.21% or 0.15 to hit $71.41 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $72.98 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.54% to 0.7400, while AUD/JPY rose 0.44% to 80.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 91.977.
