Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange on Monday:

ALQ – ALS – up 14 cents, or three per cent, at $4.84

Laboratory services group ALS has beaten its own profit forecast by 15 per cent thanks largely to cost cutting.

OZB – OZ BREWING – steady at 0.4 cents

The reverse takeover of a 3D printing company by a West Australian brewer has been complicated by the printing group being placed in voluntary administration.

QBE – QBE INSURANCE – down 39 cents, or 3.6 per cent, at $10.38

Insurance industry rating agency AM Best has lifted its outlook for QBE.

SFH – SPECIALTY FASHION GROUP – up 2.5 cents, or 3.5 per cent, at 73.5 cents

Fashion retailer Rivers has suffered an estimated $11 million loss in just six months, delivering a blow to the earnings of its new owner.