News from the world’s major stock markets

ACCC will closely monitor any attempt by Coles or Woolworths to buy Franklins stores and block any sales which lessen competition

Aust stocks opened almost three per cent lower, with losses across all sectors after world markets tumbled on the shock resignation of the ECB head.

Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange at on Sept 12

Cochlear has begun a global recall of its main bionic ear implant, the Nucleus CI500 range, amid concerns about mysterious faults.

The Australian share market closed slightly higher but shed some gains as traders took as traders took a wait-and-see approach to the US debt crisis.