Australian share market closed down on Friday, 09 September 2016, on tracking the negative lead from Wall Street overnight and on disappointment over the European Central Bank's interest rate decision. All but two ASX sectors declined, with realty, healthcare, and financial issue leading falls. At close of trade, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 46.60 points, or 0.87%, to 5,339.20, while the broader All Ordinaries index has lost 44.10 points, or 0.8%, to 5,440.50. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 620 to 457 and 319 ended unchanged. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 12.58% to 15.191 a new 1-month high.
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