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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.34%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Cochlear Ltd (ASX:COH), which rose 8.40% or 17.18 points to trade at 221.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Zip Co Ltd (ASX:Z1P) added 5.56% or 0.65 points to end at 12.35 and Crown Ltd (ASX:CWN) was up 5.34% or 0.520 points to 10.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IPH Ltd (ASX:IPH), which fell 6.40% or 0.43 points to trade at 6.29 at the close. Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX:TWE) declined 6.13% or 0.730 points to end at 11.180 and Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:PBH) was down 5.58% or 0.95 points to 16.06.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 908 to 477 and 320 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 8.02% to 15.529.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.32% or 5.60 to $1769.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.64% or 0.99 to hit $59.53 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.31% or 0.84 to trade at $63.09 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.39% to 0.7797, while AUD/JPY rose 0.34% to 82.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 90.498.
