Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange on Thursday:

CCV – CASH CONVERTERS – down two cents, or 2.9 per cent, at 68 cents

Cash Converters is close to settling a class action launched by customers who claimed they were charged excessive levels of interest and fees on personal loans.

ICQ – ICAR ASIA – down four cents, or 4.04 per cent, at 95 cents

Shares in online automotive website iCar Asia have gone into reverse after it warned of a rise in first half losses.

ORG – ORIGIN ENERGY – UP 31 cents, or 2.44 per cent, at $13.03

Former Commonwealth Bank and Air New Zealand chief executive Ralph Norris will step down from the board of Origin Energy, it was announced late on Wednesday.

WOW – WOOLWORTHS – down four cents, or 0.15 per cent, at $26.80

Woolworths’s $3 billion bid to take Bunnings down a peg with its Masters hardware chain could come to an early end following the sudden resignation of the retailer’s chief executive, Grant O’Brien.