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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Credit Corp Group Ltd (ASX:CCP), which rose 6.68% or 1.02 points to trade at 16.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Breville Group Ltd (ASX:BRG) added 5.53% or 1.27 points to end at 24.24 and Reliance Worldwide Corporation Ltd (ASX:RWC) was up 5.15% or 0.14 points to 2.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB), which fell 7.47% or 0.260 points to trade at 3.220 at the close. Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX:APT) declined 7.23% or 5.19 points to end at 66.55 and Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1) was down 6.67% or 0.95 points to 13.29.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 895 to 329 and 335 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 0.99% to 18.076.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.55% or 10.05 to $1804.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.20% or 0.48 to hit $39.62 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.98% or 0.42 to trade at $42.30 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.16% to 0.6950, while AUD/JPY rose 0.16% to 74.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.523.
