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Title: Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 0.50%
Sep 03, 2021 03:45AM ET
By: AnalysisWatch

Australia stocks were higher after the nearby on Friday, as gains in the Materials, Metals and Mining and Resources areas drove shares higher.
At the nearby in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.50%.
The best entertainers of the meeting on the S&P/ASX 200 were Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX: WHC), which rose 6.77% or 0.180 focuses to exchange at 2.840 at the nearby. In the interim, Alumina Ltd (ASX: AWC) added 6.68% or 0.125 focuses to end at 1.995 and Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX: CUV) was up 6.31% or 2.40 focuses to 40.44 in late exchange.
The most exceedingly terrible entertainers of the meeting were Bluescope Steel Ltd (ASX: BSL), which fell 3.00% or 0.740 focuses to exchange at 23.920 at the nearby. Ramelius Resources Ltd (ASX: RMS) declined 2.97% or 0.045 focuses to end at 1.470 and Afterpay Touch Group Ltd (ASX: APT) was down 2.77% or 3.72 focuses to 130.71.
Rising stocks dwarfed declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 870 to 531 and 363 finished unaltered.
Offers in Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX: WHC) rose to 52-week highs; acquiring 6.77% or 0.180 to 2.840. Offers in Alumina Ltd (ASX: AWC) rose to 52-week highs; acquiring 6.68% or 0.125 to 1.995. Offers in Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX: CUV) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.31% or 2.40 to 40.44.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which estimates the inferred unpredictability of S&P/ASX 200 choices, was down 3.82% to 10.358 another 3-months low.