Gaming giant Aristocrat Leisure brought in a rise in profit, but the market was unimpressed by what it heard.

MARKET WRAP:

• ASX200: up 0.13% to 8,279
• GOLD: $3,254 US/oz
• BITCOIN: $159,417 AUD
• The Energy sector was the strongest with Brent crude back over $66 US a barrel.
• Woodside Energy were beneficiaries, up 3.4%,
• Life360 rose another 9.5% after its earnings yesterday.
• Up over 1% were Wesfarmers, REA Group and Brambles
• Aristocrat Leisure reported growth in revenue of 9% and a 6% lift in profit. Shares closed 8.9% lower to $62.10.
• Bain Capital withdrew its bid for Insignia Financial, seeing the wealth management company fall 15.8% to $3.37.
• CSL, Goodman Group and Transurban all down.

CURRENCY UPDATE:

• AUD/USD: 65.0 US cents
• AUD/GBP: 48.7 pence
• AUD/EUR: 57 Euro cents
• AUD/JPY: 95 Japanese yen
• AUD/NZD: 1.09 NZ dollars