A lack of IPO action has been a mark of the ASX this year, but DigiCo is expected to list before Santa appears down our chimneys.
MARKET WRAP:
ASX200: down 0.75%, 8,193
GOLD: $2,612 US/oz
BITCOIN: $134,135 AUD
Financial stocks were down 1.1%
Commonwealth Bank gave its first quarter update, with the bank down 0.4% to $149.62 after posting net profit of $2.5 billion in the first quarter.
A 23% fall in net profit for building materials company James Hardie didn’t put off investors - shares were up 6.2% to $53.35
Aristocrat Leisure increased its profits by 17%, helping shares to gain 2.6% on the day to $66.62
Gains of more than 1% for Flight Centre, Yancoal, and Ampol.
Mineral Resources shares down 7.2% to $34.95
NUIX plunged more than 22% to $5.90 after the CEO told the market growth would be weighted towards the back half of the year.
CURRENCY UPDATE:
AUD/USD: 65.26 US cents
AUD/GBP: 51.2 pence
AUD/EUR: 61 Euro cents
AUD/JPY: 101 Japanese yen
AUD/NZD: 1.10 NZ dollars