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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Bega Cheese Ltd (ASX:BGA), which rose 8.90% or 0.44 points to trade at 5.42 at the close. Meanwhile, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd (ASX:FPH) added 3.60% or 1.11 points to end at 31.94 and Deterra Royalties Ltd (ASX:DRR) was up 3.33% or 0.15 points to 4.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX:TWE), which fell 11.25% or 1.170 points to trade at 9.230 at the close. Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:BPT) declined 3.81% or 0.070 points to end at 1.765 and Technology One Ltd (ASX:TNE) was down 3.77% or 0.36 points to 9.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 629 to 626 and 346 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deterra Royalties Ltd (ASX:DRR) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.33% or 0.15 to 4.65.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 2.26% to 13.684 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 2.00 to $1807.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.99% or 0.91 to hit $44.80 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.21 to trade at $47.58 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.15% to 0.7372, while AUD/JPY fell 0.03% to 76.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 91.938.
