Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at close on Friday:

ANN – ANSELL – down 23 cents, or 1.1 per cent, at $20.60

Protective clothing and condom maker Ansell has completed its $US615 million ($A692.29 million) purchase of US based BarrierSafe Solutions International.

AUT – AURORA OIL & GAS – steady at $2.98

Aurora Oil and Gas has forecast a 47 per cent jump in production for the year ahead on the back of its Texas shale assets in the US.

FMG – FORTESCUE METALS – down 11 cents, or 1.85 per cent, at $5.82

Fortescue Metals Group says surface mining operations have resumed at its Christmas Creek mine, four days after the death of a contractor.