Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Thursday:
BHP – BHP BILLITON
Mining company Samarco agreed with the Brazilian government to pay more than 24 billion reais ($A8.6 billion) in damages for a deadly dam spill in November, an environment ministry memo seen by Reuters says.
ORG – ORIGIN ENERGY
STO – SANTOS
The price of oil basically kept hold of recent gains, after Russia’s Rosneft, the world’s biggest listed oil producer by volume, said it was considering a cut to domestic production to balance the global market and as the firm faces a natural decline this year.
