Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange on Monday:

ERA – ENERGY RESOURCES AUSTRALIA – down 62.5 cents, or 48 per cent, at 67 cents

RIO – RIO TINTO – down 34 cents, or 0.6 per cent, at $57.14

Mining giant Rio Tinto has pulled its support for any expansion of Kakadu’s Ranger uranium mine after its operator put the project on ice.

MTS – METCASH – up 0.5 cent, or 0.45 per cent, at $1.105

Metcash, the owner of the IGA Supermarkets brand, releases its full year results on Monday.

NWS – NEWS CORP – down two cents, or 0.1 per cent, at $18.43

After decades of speculation, Rupert Murdoch’s succession plans involving sons James and Lachlan for his media empire 21st Century Fox have been revealed.