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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.54% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Hub24 Ltd (ASX:HUB), which rose 4.75% or 1.32 points to trade at 29.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Bapcor Ltd (ASX:BAP) added 4.59% or 0.31 points to end at 7.07 and Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:DMP) was up 4.09% or 5.11 points to 130.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW), which fell 6.19% or 0.31 points to trade at 4.70 at the close. EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) declined 5.51% or 0.20 points to end at 3.43 and Vicinity Centres Re Ltd (ASX:VCX) was down 4.78% or 0.085 points to 1.695.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 1026 to 473 and 374 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 17.20% to 15.428 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.52% or 9.30 to $1797.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.80% or 3.27 to hit $71.42 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.33% or 3.10 to trade at $74.69 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.32% to 0.7146, while AUD/JPY rose 0.53% to 81.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.310.
