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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (ASX:RWC), which rose 4.02% or 0.17 points to trade at 4.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Shopping Centres Australasia Group (ASX:SCP) added 3.08% or 0.080 points to end at 2.680 and Xero Ltd (ASX:XRO) was up 2.45% or 3.53 points to 147.47 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB), which fell 15.20% or 0.690 points to trade at 3.850 at the close. Altium Ltd (ASX:ALU) declined 6.80% or 2.45 points to end at 33.58 and Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) was down 6.77% or 2.35 points to 32.36.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 879 to 423 and 354 ended unchanged.
Shares in Xero Ltd (ASX:XRO) rose to all time highs; rising 2.45% or 3.53 to 147.47.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 0.96% to 14.364.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.79% or 14.45 to $1846.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.30% or 0.14 to hit $46.85 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.14 to trade at $50.15 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.11% to 0.7529, while AUD/JPY fell 0.10% to 78.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 90.677.
