Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange Monday, November 7
CKF – COLLINS FOOD LTD – up 0.5 cents at $1.205
KFC restaurant chain owner Collins Foods is hoping for a Shane Warne and cricket-led recovery this summer after it was bowled over by a disastrous week that included a 27 per cent profit downgrade.
DOW – DOWNER EDI LTD – up 10 cents at $3.16
The boss of engineering group Downer EDI says he will consider sourcing more products from China. This is despite the problems found in Chinese-built Waratah trains destined for NSW commuters under its troubled rolling stock contract.
HIL – HILLS HOLDINGS LTD – down 1.5 cents at $1.085
Hills Holdings Ltd holds its annual general meeting on Friday.
HVN – HARVEY NORMAN HOLDINGS LTD – steady at $2.04
Three Harvey Norman-owned Rick Hart franchises have been placed in the hands of administrators.
ORI – ORICA LTD – last traded at Fridya’s close, at $24.30
Orica Ltd is due to post full year results on Monday.
QAN – QANTAS AIRWAYS LTD – up four cents at $1.615
CANBERRA, Nov 4 AAP – Had Qantas maintained its aircraft engines in Australia, engineers might have noticed an oil leak which led to a engine explosion on an A380 airliner over Indonesia a year ago, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.
RIO – RIO TINTO LTD – up $3.52 at $69.97
Rio Tinto chairman Jan Du Plessis has painted a bleak picture of the European debt crisis, saying he can’t see leaders coming up with a sustainable solution to the region’s financial problems.
STO – SANTOS LTD – up 44 cents at $13.12
Santos has secured a six-year contract to supply gas from its Reindeer field off Western Australia to Minara Resources’ Murrin Murrin nickel mine in the state’s Goldfields region.
SFR – SANDFIRE RESOURCES LTD – up 27 cents at $6.67
Copper and gold explorer Sandfire Resources has signed a sales deal with a private Swiss commodity trading company for product from its DeGrussa project in Western Australia.
TSE – TRANSFIELD SERVICE LTD – up nine cents at $2.39
Transfield Services has secured $130 million in work with the defence industry.