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Australia’s stock market is up at the end of the day; the S&P/ASX 200 is up 0.50.

After the market closed on Friday, shares in Australia went up, led by the Energy, Resources, and Metals & Mining sectors.

At the end of the day in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.50 percent.

On the S&P/ASX 200, Whitehaven Coal Ltd. (ASX:WHC), which rose 5.95% or 0.56 points to trade at $9.97 at the end of the day, did the best. Zip Co Ltd (ASX:ZIP) went up 5.60% or 0.04 points to end at 0.66, and EML Payments Ltd (ASX:EML) went up 4.76 % or 0.03 points to 0.55 in late trade.

Related: S&P/ASX 200 is down 1.84% at the end of the trading day in Australia.

Ramelius Resources Ltd (ASX:RMS), which fell 5.63%, or 0.05 points, to 0.76 at the end of the session, was the worst performer. Janus Henderson Group PLC DRC (ASX:JHG) fell 3.72%, or 1.30 points, to finish at 33.64, and Blackmores Ltd (ASX:BKL) fell 3.72%, or 2.51 points, to 65.00.

On the Sydney Stock Exchange, there were 646 stocks that went up, 591 that went down, and 376 that stayed the same.

The implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, which is measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX, went down by 4.28% to 15.25.

Gold futures for December delivery went up 1.07%, or $17.40, to $1,648.30 per troy ounce. Crude oil for delivery in December went up 2.15 percent, or $1.90, to $90.07 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract went up 1.9 percent, or $1.80, to $96.47 a barrel.

AUD/USD stayed the same at 0.63, while AUD/JPY went up by 0.5% to 93.69.

At 112.55, the US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.22%.

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