Stocks to watch at close on Thursday
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at the close of trade on Thursday: up 35 cents, or 3.73 per cent, at $9.73 Mineral sands miner Iluka generated nearly one-third less revenue in 2012 than the previous year as Chinese demand and prices plunged.
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon on Friday: up $1.18, or 1.8 per cent, at $66.63 up 49 cents, or 1.32 per cent, at $37.48 up seven cents, or 1.55 per cent, at $4.60 The major miners all posted gains after the iron ore price climbed three per cent overnight to $US139.40.