TAB Queensland gained 8c to $3.57 as it forecast a record profit for the 2002 year, with wagering sales to exceed $2 billion. Poker machine supplier Aristocrat Leisure lifted 13c to $5.85 as it announced a second new deal in a week for its US subsidiary, Aristocrat Technologies Inc. The US subsidiary won a contract to install its OASIS casino management system at the Empress Casino Hotel in Joliet, Illinois. Pharmaceutical firm Sigma was 4c lower at $4.33 as it awaits a ruling from competition watchdog, the ACCC, on its merger proposal with Australian Pharmaceutical Industries. API lost 2c to $3.21. The gold sector rallied, with Newcrest up 1c to $6.78, AurionGold also lifted 1c to $3.14, Lihir moved forward 1c to $1.37 and Sons of Gwalia firmed 19c to $6.19.