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The ASX200 closed down 0.4% at 7,828 points.
Health Care was the best performing sector, up 0.55%, followed by Telecommunication, up 0.2%.
Utilities was the worst performing sector, down 1.6%, followed by Real Estate, down 1.35%, and both Industrials and Information Technology finished down 1%.
In the Green
Trigg Minerals (ASX:TMG) closed up 6.4% after inking a deal to acquire 100% rights to the Nundle, Upper Hunter, and Cobark/Copeland projects in New South Wales, expanding its Tier-1 Australian antimony-gold tenure.
Trigg Minerals closed at 3.3 cents.
Cassius Mining (ASX:CMD) closed up 6.7%% after a development in its ongoing international arbitration with the Government of the Republic of Ghana.
Cassius Mining closed at 1.6 cents.
Woolworths (ASX:WOW) closed up 0.11% after Macquarie analysts highlighted the stock is now trading near a five-year low. This is mostly due the pending Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) inquiry report.
Woolworths closed at $28.17.
In the Red
Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN) closed down 3.9% as investors take profits after a jump in the share price on the back of a positive broker note out of UBS. The broker lifted its rating to buy, with a price target of $28.60.
Mineral Resources closed at $23.88.
Helia Group (ASX:HLI) closed down 15.9% after going ex-dividend today.
Helia Group closed at $4.75.
Webjet (ASX:WJL) closed down 14.5% after the company released its strategic review.
Webjet closed at 56 cents.
