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Stocks to watch at close on Friday

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at close on Friday: ANZ - ANZ - up two cents at $28.71 ANZ has left its variable interest rates on hold for April following its monthly review. ..

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ANZ leaves rates on hold

ANZ has left its variable interest rates on hold for April following its monthly review. The bank said on Friday that its Australian retail mortgages would remain at 6.40 per cent. Variable inte..

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Airlines cut ticket prices in April

Australia's domestic airlines cut the price of their cheapest economy tickets in April.Discount ticket prices for domestic travel fell by as much as 20 per cent compared with March, according to the B..

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Santos chairman steps down

Australian banker Ken Borda is to replace Peter Coates as chairman of oil and gas producer Santos. Mr Coates has taken a full-time executive job at the merged Glencore-Xstrata resources group and t..

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Australian stocks flat at noon

Australian stocks were flat at noon after giving up some of its early gains. Local stocks opened 0.2 per cent higher, as investors took their cues from fresh record highs on Wall Street and confirm..

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Shares in Calibre plunge 59 per cent

Shares in Calibre Group have plummeted nearly 60 per cent following a profit warning just one month after the engineering and asset management firm affirmed guidance for a higher profit. Calibre, w..

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US stocks surge to new record highs

US stocks have pushed to new record levels after the government's weekly report on jobless claims came in better than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 62.90 points, or 0.42 per cen..

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