Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange on Wednesday, Sept 9:

EGP – ECHO ENTERTAINMENT – down two cents, or 0.4 per cent, at $4.81

Echo Entertainment chief executive Matt Bekier speaks about the tourism industry’s future at American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch.

WPL – WOODSIDE PETROLEUM – down 92 cents, or three per cent, at $29.66

OSH – OIL SEARCH – up $1.17, 17.4 per cent, $7.90

Woodside shares were on the back foot on Tuesday, after the energy giant confirmed it had made an all-scrip bid for Oil Search.