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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 added 0.10% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Codan Ltd (ASX:CDA), which rose 8.90% or 0.39 points to trade at 4.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV) added 4.96% or 0.12 points to end at 2.54 and Blackmores Ltd (ASX:BKL) was up 4.30% or 3.59 points to 87.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hub24 Ltd (ASX:HUB), which fell 4.79% or 1.28 points to trade at 25.42 at the close. Gold Road Resources Ltd (ASX:GOR) declined 4.56% or 0.08 points to end at 1.67 and St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) was down 3.45% or 0.03 points to 0.84.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 655 to 582 and 415 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 3.02% to 13.09.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.02% or 0.45 to $1,909.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.93% or 0.75 to hit $81.20 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.62 to trade at $86.54 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.53% to 0.70, while AUD/JPY rose 2.28% to 91.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 102.07.
