AAP 2010-03-25 Stocks of interest on the Australian stock exchange today.
CNH - CHINA STEEL AUSTRALIA LTD - untraded at 12.5 cents
China Steel Australia has decided not to proceed with an equity placement after speaking with investors during its recently completed roadshow.
MCC - MACARTHUR COAL LTD - up eight cents at $12.13
Macarthur Coal chairman Keith De Lacy has sold about $1 million worth of shares in the miner on-market as part of a personal financial restructuring.
NUF - NUFARM LTD - steady at $8.80
Agricultural chemicals firm Nufarm says a tender offer for Nufarm shares from Japan's Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd has received acceptances totalling 5.52 per cent of all Nufarm shares.
ORI - ORICA LTD - down 19 cents at $26.21
Orica will take a $63 million hit to its first half financial results from costs associated with remediating its polluted industrial site at Botany in Sydney.
SKE - SKILLED GROUP LTD - down 1.5 cents at $1.76
Contract labour provider Skilled Group announced the resignation of chief operating officer John Dixon and the appointment of Max Findlay as independent non-executive director.
TCL - TRANSURBAN GROUP - down 10 cents at $5.05
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has ended talks with two Canadian pension funds about supporting them in relation to a proposed $6.8 billion takeover of toll road operator Transurban Group.
TGR - TASSAL LTD - up one cent at $1.57
Tassal Group managing director Mark Ryan has sold 100,000 of his shares in the salmon farm company.
WES - WESFARMERS LTD - up 13 cents at $32.07
Wesfarmers says former Alcoa of Australia managing director and chairman Wayne Osborn is a new director of the company.
WPG - WESTERN PLAINS RESOURCES LTD - up 0.5 cent at 80 cents
A federal government review of management and mining in a militarily sensitive site in South Australia is likely to get underway soon.
