Stocks to watch on Friday

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Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday:

CCV – CASH CONVERTERS – up seven cents, or 10.3 per cent, at 75 cents

More than 37,000 Cash Converters customers who claimed they were charged excessive interest on short-term loans will get refunds after a multi-million dollar class action was settled out of court.

CSL – CSL – down $1.23, or 1.4 per cent, at $85.97

Blood products and vaccines supplier CSL has bought the exclusive rights to commercialise the RAPIVAB flu treatment throughout much of the world.

QAN – QANTAS AIRWAYS – down nine cents, or 2.8 per cent, at $3.14

Qantas’ credit rating outlook has been boosted to positive, thanks to lower fuel prices and an end to its capacity war with Virgin.

Also, Jetstar is to expand its New Zealand domestic service to at least four new regional centres.

WOW – WOOLWORTHS – down 20 cents, or 0.75 per cent, at $26.60

Moody’s ratings agency has dropped supermarket operator Woolworths’ outlook to negative from stable.