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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.50%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (ASX:DHG), which rose 18.60% or 0.40 points to trade at 2.55 at the close. Meanwhile, AP Eagers Ltd (ASX:APE) added 12.18% or 0.43 points to end at 3.96 and NRW Holdings Ltd (ASX:NWH) was up 9.69% or 0.15 points to 1.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Westpac Banking Corp (ASX:WBC), which fell 4.17% or 0.640 points to trade at 14.690 at the close. Southern Cross Media Group Ltd (ASX:SXL) declined 3.85% or 0.005 points to end at 0.125 and New Hope Corporation Ltd (ASX:NHC) was down 3.72% or 0.055 points to 1.425.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 799 to 382 and 324 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 12.33% to 30.604.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.06% or 1.10 to $1734.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 13.87% or 2.35 to hit $14.59 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 5.36% or 1.33 to trade at $23.48 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 1.12% to 0.6456, while AUD/JPY rose 0.77% to 69.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 100.017.
