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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.24% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML), which rose 12.77% or 0.42 points to trade at 3.71 at the close. Meanwhile, Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX:PLS) added 10.42% or 0.025 points to end at 0.265 and Costa Group Holdings Ltd (ASX:CGC) was up 9.62% or 0.280 points to 3.190 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AusNet Services Ltd (ASX:AST), which fell 4.96% or 0.095 points to trade at 1.820 at the close. Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW) declined 4.16% or 0.17 points to end at 3.92 and Mcmillan Shakespeare Ltd (ASX:MMS) was down 3.94% or 0.31 points to 7.55.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 726 to 428 and 345 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 24.28% to 25.180.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.44% or 7.65 to $1753.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.47% or 0.15 to hit $31.81 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.05 to trade at $34.60 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.09% to 0.6542, while AUD/JPY rose 0.18% to 70.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 99.487.
