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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Gold Road Resources Ltd (ASX:GOR), which rose 7.23% or 0.090 points to trade at 1.335 at the close. Meanwhile, Silver Lake Resources Ltd (ASX:SLR) added 5.67% or 0.080 points to end at 1.490 and St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) was up 5.19% or 0.070 points to 1.420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which fell 5.03% or 0.45 points to trade at 8.50 at the close. Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX:APT) declined 5.02% or 6.00 points to end at 113.60 and Platinum Asset Management Ltd (ASX:PTM) was down 4.89% or 0.17 points to 3.31.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 986 to 419 and 359 ended unchanged.
Shares in Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) fell to 3-years lows; falling 5.03% or 0.45 to 8.50.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.91% to 15.507.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.40% or 7.05 to $1760.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.28% or 0.22 to hit $77.84 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.39 to trade at $81.65 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.23% to 0.7267, while AUD/JPY rose 0.02% to 80.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 93.965.
