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At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML), which rose 4.72% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:KGN) added 4.11% or 0.13 points to end at 3.29 and Megaport Ltd (ASX:MP1) was up 4.02% or 0.26 points to 6.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nanosonics Ltd (ASX:NAN), which fell 9.92% or 0.48 points to trade at 4.36 at the close. Origin Energy Ltd (ASX:ORG) declined 7.82% or 0.61 points to end at 7.19 and Silver Lake Resources Ltd (ASX:SLR) was down 7.52% or 0.10 points to 1.23.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 812 to 478 and 363 ended unchanged.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 8.04% to 13.44.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.56% or 10.05 to $1,800.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.66% or 0.47 to hit $71.49 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.30 to trade at $76.40 a barrel.
AUD/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 0.68, while AUD/JPY fell 0.09% to 92.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 104.68.
