Stocks to watch at noon on Tuesday
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon on Tuesday:
AGO - ATLAS IRON - down 1.00 cent, or 2.25 per cent, at 43.5 cents
BHP - BHP BILLITON - down 7.5 cents, or 0.22 per cent, at $33.645
FMG - FORTESCUE METALS - up 4.00 cents, or 1.17 per cent, at $59.33
RIO - RIO TINTO - up 12 cents, or 0.20 per cent, at $59.33
Iron ore producers face the lowest prices for their product in five years.
AMP - AMP - down 7.00 cents, or 1.26 per cent, at $5.48
AMP chief executive Craig Meller delivers first major public address at a CEDA breakfast.
AZJ - AURIZON - down 3.5 cents, or 0.78 per cent, at $4.465
A Queensland regulator has ruled rail company Aurizon can earn up to $4.02 billion annually from other parties using its rail network in the coming four years, less than the company had requested.
GFF - GOODMAN FIELDER - up 0.25 cents, or 0.40 per cent, at 62.25 cents
Goodman Fielder chief executive Chris Delaney addresses the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia (AmCham) lunch.
QAN - QANTAS AIRWAYS - down 2.5 cents, or 1.76 per cent, at $1.395
Qantas' Airbus A380 has touched down Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) about 15 hours after leaving Sydney on the 13,802km journey - longest airline route by the world's biggest passenger plane.
TPI - TRANSPACIFIC INDUSTRIES - down 0.25 cents, or 0.31 per cent, at 81.25 cents
Transpacific Industries' chief financial officer Stewart Cummins has stepped down.
TWE - TREASURY WINE ESTATES - down 20 cents, or 4.44 per cent, at $4.30
Australia's largest winemaker, Treasury Wine Estates, has rejected takeover proposals from two global private equity firms, prompting a sharp fall in the company's share price.
