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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV), which rose 12.87% or 0.260 points to trade at 2.280 at the close. Meanwhile, Costa Group Holdings Ltd (ASX:CGC) added 11.82% or 0.350 points to end at 3.310 and Avita Therapeutics Inc (ASX:AVH) was up 10.89% or 0.670 points to 6.820 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which fell 10.35% or 4.00 points to trade at 34.65 at the close. Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:CUV) declined 5.19% or 1.15 points to end at 21.00 and Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL) was down 4.61% or 0.250 points to 5.170.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 719 to 562 and 361 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.64% to 18.291.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.09% or 21.10 to $1953.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.05% or 0.02 to hit $43.06 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.09 to trade at $45.69 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.62% to 0.7303, while AUD/JPY rose 0.29% to 77.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.638.
