Best and worst performers of the day The best performing sector was Consumer Staples adding 0.2 per cent while the worst performing sector was Infotech, shedding 4 per cent. The best performing stock in the S&P/ASX 200 is Credit Corp Group (ASX:CCP) rising 6.7 per cent to $16.29,. followed by shares Breville Group (ASX:BRG) and Reliant Worldwide Corp (ASX:RWC) The worst performing stock in the S&P/ASX 200 is Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) dropping 7.5 per cent to $3.22, followed by shares in Afterpay Touch Group (ASX:NUF) and Megaport (ASX:MP1) Asian markets Lower: Japan's Nikkei has added 0.9 per cent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng has lost 1.6 per cent and the Shanghai Composite has lost 1.7 per cent. Commodities and the dollar Gold is trading at US$1,801 an ounce. Iron ore price has added 4.5 per cent at US$111.09. Iron ore futures are pointing to a rise of 2.3 per cent.