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Stocks in Australia slipped Wednesday, as the S&P/ASX 200 Benchmark Index dropped 0.4% to 9209.40.

Among local companies with a market cap of at least 15 billion Australian dollars ($10.59 billion), Computershare was the biggest laggard, declining 4.5%, followed by shares of South32, which declined 3.5%. Shares of Scentre Group dropped 1.8%.

PLS Group was the biggest leader during the session, gaining 4.3%, and Suncorp Group increased 3.3%. Origin Energy rounded out the top three movers, as shares gained 2.9%.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index held steady at 96.19. The U.S dollar strengthened 0.1% against the Australian dollar to 1.42 Australian dollars.

In the bond markets, the 10-year Australian government bond yield declined 0.86 basis point to 5.005%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet