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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL), which rose 3.66% or 0.14 points to trade at 3.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Champion Iron Ltd (ASX:CIA) added 2.75% or 0.19 points to end at 7.10 and NIB Holdings (ASX:NHF) was up 2.41% or 0.17 points to 7.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Beach Energy Ltd (ASX:BPT), which fell 9.89% or 0.18 points to trade at 1.64 at the close. Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1) declined 6.30% or 0.42 points to end at 6.25 and Technology One Ltd (ASX:TNE) was down 6.08% or 0.87 points to 13.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 815 to 444 and 403 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 2.17% to 13.12.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.15% or 2.60 to $1,785.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $74.27 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.09 to trade at $79.44 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY rose 0.38% to 92.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 105.60.
