Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Monday, September 17

ANZ – ANZ BANKING GROUP LTD – up nine cents at $24.23

ANZ Bank on Friday said its variable interest rates for Australian retail mortgages and small business lending would remain unchanged, after its September interest rate review.

CWN – CROWN LTD – up 14 cents at $9.17

James Packer’s Crown Casino has raised $532 million through its subordinated notes offer.

FMG – FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LTD – in trading halt, last traded at $2.99

Fortescue Metals Group has placed its shares in a trading halt after the miner held talks with its bankers overnight.

LEI – LEIGHTON HOLDINGS LTD – up 71 cents at $15.73

Leighton Holdings’ engineering, construction and mining services subsidiary Thiess has won a $154 million contract to build a walkway through Sydney’s CBD to the Barangaroo development.

SWM – SEVEN WEST MEDIA LTD – down 1.5 cents at $1.315

Media mogul Kerry Stokes has launched a blistering attack on Australia’s China policy, saying its decision to station US troops in Darwin has angered the Asian superpower.

WOW – WOOLWORTHS LTD – down four cents at $28.86

Supermarket retailer Woolworths insists it has not yet made a decision on whether to sell more of its multi-billion-dollar property portfolio.