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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL), which rose 6.76% or 0.14 points to trade at 2.21 at the close. Meanwhile, IPH Ltd (ASX:IPH) added 5.25% or 0.31 points to end at 6.21 and Netwealth Group Ltd (ASX:NWL) was up 4.57% or 0.88 points to 20.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Star Entertainment Group Ltd (ASX:SGR), which fell 9.09% or 0.05 points to trade at 0.51 at the close. Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) declined 7.51% or 3.26 points to end at 40.17 and Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) was down 3.59% or 0.03 points to 0.81.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 600 to 578 and 457 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.89% to 10.77.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.51% or 35.75 to $2,408.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.99% or 0.84 to hit $85.86 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.74 to trade at $90.48 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 0.65, while AUD/JPY fell 0.34% to 99.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 105.33.
