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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 2.58%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Resolute Mining Ltd (ASX:RSG), which rose 3.85% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Mesoblast Ltd (ASX:MSB) added 3.83% or 0.04 points to end at 0.95 and Nuix Ltd (ASX:NXL) was up 3.75% or 0.03 points to 0.83 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1), which fell 9.55% or 0.83 points to trade at 7.86 at the close. Gold Road Resources Ltd (ASX:GOR) declined 7.19% or 0.11 points to end at 1.36 and Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:CUV) was down 6.91% or 1.60 points to 21.54.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 1058 to 347 and 353 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 11.18% to 16.32.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 4.80 to $1,712.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.70% or 0.61 to hit $86.70 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.70% or 0.65 to trade at $92.52 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 0.67, while AUD/JPY fell 0.93% to 96.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 109.33.
