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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Blackmores Ltd (ASX:BKL), which rose 15.42% or 12.30 points to trade at 92.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC) added 4.95% or 0.110 points to end at 2.330 and Flight Centre Ltd (ASX:FLT) was up 4.04% or 0.66 points to 17.01 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Appen Ltd (ASX:APX), which fell 21.42% or 2.96 points to trade at 10.86 at the close. Link Administration Holdings Ltd (ASX:LNK) declined 12.62% or 0.65 points to end at 4.50 and A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:A2M) was down 11.81% or 0.81 points to 6.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 748 to 614 and 418 ended unchanged.
Shares in Blackmores Ltd (ASX:BKL) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 15.42% or 12.30 to 92.09. Shares in Appen Ltd (ASX:APX) fell to 52-week lows; down 21.42% or 2.96 to 10.86.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 6.44% to 11.597.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.14% or 2.45 to $1788.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.08% or 0.74 to hit $67.62 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.65 to trade at $70.63 a barrel.
AUD/USD was down 0.14% to 0.7263, while AUD/JPY rose 0.03% to 80.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.892.
