After the market closed on Friday, shares in Australia went down because gold, metals & mining, and energy all went down.
At the end of the trading day in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell by 1.52%.
On the S&P/ASX 200, Star Entertainment Group Ltd. (ASX:SGR), which rose 5.07% or 0.14 points to trade at $2.90 at the end of the day, did the best. In late trade, Computershare Ltd. (ASX:CPU) went up 4.42% or 1.10 points to finish at 26.01, and Tabcorp Holdings Ltd. (ASX:TAH) went up 4.26% or 0.04 points to 0.98.
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Resolute Mining Ltd. (ASX:RSG), which fell 15.09% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.22 at the end of the session, was the worst performer. Atlas Arteria (ASX:ALX) fell 9.70%, or 0.71 points, to end at $6.59, and Gold Road Resources Ltd (ASX:GOR) fell 8.76%, or 0.12 points, to $1.25.
On the Sydney Stock Exchange, there were 868 stocks that went down, 449 that went up, and 386 that stayed the same.
The implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, which is measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX, went up 7.74% to 16.95, a new 1-month high.
Gold futures for December delivery went down 0.58%, or $9.65, to $1,667.65 per troy ounce. Crude oil for delivery in October went up 0.26 percent, or $0.22, to $85.32 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract went up 0.51 percent, or $0.46, to $91.30 a barrel.
AUD/USD stayed the same at 0.67, while AUD/JPY went down by 0.3% to 95.88.
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At 109.75, the US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.27 percent.
