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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.16% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Netwealth Group Ltd (ASX:NWL), which rose 6.84% or 1.09 points to trade at 17.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) added 6.29% or 0.165 points to end at 2.790 and Perseus Mining Ltd (ASX:PRU) was up 6.15% or 0.075 points to 1.295 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Service Stream Ltd (ASX:SSM), which fell 11.90% or 0.250 points to trade at 1.850 at the close. Blackmores Ltd (ASX:BKL) declined 7.14% or 5.76 points to end at 74.91 and Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC) was down 5.18% or 0.085 points to 1.555.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 719 to 604 and 353 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 1.71% to 13.947.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.99% or 18.35 to $1877.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.46% or 0.70 to hit $48.52 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.71 to trade at $51.79 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.53% to 0.7617, while AUD/JPY rose 0.28% to 78.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 89.868.
