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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:CUV), which rose 3.12% or 0.63 points to trade at 20.83 at the close. Meanwhile, Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC) added 2.72% or 0.26 points to end at 9.81 and Fletcher Building Ltd (ASX:FBU) was up 2.58% or 0.12 points to 4.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB), which fell 9.61% or 0.11 points to trade at 1.03 at the close. Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) declined 9.18% or 0.28 points to end at 2.77 and St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) was down 8.76% or 0.06 points to 0.63.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 862 to 427 and 398 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.75% to 12.84.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.10% or 1.85 to $1,783.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.00% or 0.77 to hit $77.70 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.94 to trade at $83.62 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.46% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.68% to 92.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 105.29.
