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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.66% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:URW), which rose 43.55% or 1.25 points to trade at 4.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Oil Search Ltd (ASX:OSH) added 16.55% or 0.470 points to end at 3.310 and Fletcher Building Ltd (ASX:FBU) was up 16.51% or 0.690 points to 4.870 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nextdc Ltd (ASX:NXT), which fell 13.88% or 1.95 points to trade at 12.10 at the close. Ramelius Resources Ltd (ASX:RMS) declined 13.25% or 0.310 points to end at 2.030 and ARB Corporation Ltd (ASX:ARB) was down 12.80% or 4.17 points to 28.41.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 723 to 626 and 269 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 15.86% to 21.082.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.61% or 29.90 to $1884.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $40.30 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.15 to trade at $42.55 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.01% to 0.7286, while AUD/JPY fell 0.25% to 76.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 92.713.
