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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM), which rose 7.89% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.21 at the close. Meanwhile, Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) added 1.95% or 0.04 points to end at 1.83 and ASX Ltd (ASX:ASX) was up 1.54% or 0.86 points to 56.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Silver Lake Resources Ltd (ASX:SLR), which fell 8.33% or 0.08 points to trade at 0.88 at the close. Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) declined 6.25% or 0.02 points to end at 0.30 and Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) was down 6.25% or 0.13 points to 1.88.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 797 to 460 and 390 ended unchanged.
Shares in Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX:WGX) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.95% or 0.04 to 1.83. Shares in Omni Bridgeway Ltd (ASX:OBL) fell to 5-year lows; falling 6.25% or 0.13 to 1.88.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 1.01% to 12.25.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1,946.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.34% or 0.31 to hit $90.33 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.26 to trade at $94.19 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 0.64, while AUD/JPY fell 0.16% to 95.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 104.96.
