This post was originally published on this site
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX:PRU), which rose 5.85% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC) added 4.59% or 0.46 points to end at 10.49 and Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) was up 3.07% or 2.21 points to 74.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH), which fell 6.64% or 0.15 points to trade at 2.11 at the close. Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) declined 4.62% or 0.03 points to end at 0.62 and Origin Energy Ltd (ASX:ORG) was down 4.35% or 0.24 points to 5.28.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 680 to 543 and 411 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mineral Resources Ltd (ASX:MIN) rose to all time highs; up 3.07% or 2.21 to 74.10.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.03% to 18.76.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.45% or 7.40 to $1,629.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.17% or 0.14 to hit $84.37 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.21% or 0.19 to trade at $92.19 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 0.63, while AUD/JPY rose 0.21% to 94.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 112.79.
