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The ASX200 has once again closed higher, up 0.21% at 8,027 points. The IT sector was the strongest performer up 1.9%, followed by Industrials 1.3% and Real Estate 0.8%. Utilities was the poorest performer and finished the day around a third of a percent in the red. In the GreenWhitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX:WHC) closed up around 7% on news it will sell 30% of Blackwater coal mine in Queensland for US$1.08 billion to a Japanese joint venture. The deal will close early next year. Whitehaven Coal finished the day at $7.68. Oncology specialist Clarity Pharmaceuticals (ASX:CU6) climbed more than 8% after…

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