Stocks to watch at noon on Monday
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon on Monday:
ALQ - ALS Limited - down 74 cents, or 10.62 per cent, at $6.23
Laboratory services business ALS Limited has warned that the slowdown in the mining sector will see its first half profit slide by around 36 per cent.
BOQ - Bank of Queensland - up 10 cents, or 0.82 per cent, at $12.22
The lender will pay $17 million in compensation to customers caught up in the Storm Financial scandal.
FMG - Fortescue Metals Group - down 13 cents, or 3.46 per cent, at $3.63
RIO - Rio Tinto - down $1.17, or 1.90 per cent, at $60.42
BHP - BHP Billiton - down 27 cents, or 0.76 per cent, at $35.21
AGO - Atlas Iron - down 2.00 cents, or 3.57 per cent, at 54 cents
Shares in iron ore miners have dipped after the price of iron ore tumbled to $US81.70 a tonne.
MQA - Macquarie Atlas Roads - down 1.00 cent, or 0.33 per cent, at $3.00
A US toll road operator that Macquarie owns a 25 per cent stake is poised to file for bankruptcy as it prepares to launch a debt restructure, including asset sales.
SPL - Starpharma - down 3.5 cents, or 4.93 per cent, at 67.5 cents
The biotech has raised $18 million from an oversubscribed placement to institutional investors, at 65 cents a share. The money will help complete phase 3 clinical trials of VivaGel.
