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On Thursday, Australian stocks inch down after the close because dips in the Utilities, Consumer Staples as well as Energy sectors suppressed equities.
The S&P/ASX 200 went down 0.18%.
Orora Ltd, Western Areas Ltd and Independence Group NL appeared to be the best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200. They rose respectively 9.16%, 5.83% and 4.73%.
As for losers, they were represented by Vocus Group Ltd, Magellan Financial Group Ltd and Seven West Media Ltd, tumbling respectively 6.27%, 3.89% and 2.94%.
Diving equities outclassed soaring ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 600 to 533, while 347 were intact.
Tracking the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, the S&P/ASX 200 VIX gained 2.79% being worth 14.071.
The currency pair AUD/USD inched down 0.20% being worth 0.7874. Meanwhile, the currency pair AUD/JPY inched down 0.24% trading at 86.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures gained 0.19% hitting 93.59.
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